Simmonds Family Timeline
| Year | Family Event | World Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1780 | The British Gazette and Sunday Monitor, the first Sunday newspaper in Britain, begins publication. | |
| 1781 | Jonathan Simmonds is born in Barton, Suffolk. | American Revolution Ends. |
| 1789 | Bastille stormed, Paris. | |
| 1790 | The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. | |
| 1800 | The U.S. Library of Congress is founded. | |
| 1810 | Sake Dean Mahomet opens Hindoostanee Coffee House, the first Indian restaurant in London. | |
| 1812 | William Simmonds born in Rougham, Suffolk. | Charles Dickens is born on the 7th Feburary. |
| 1814 | Jonathan Simmonds Jnr is born in Rougham, Suffolk. | Emperor Napoleon abdicates; Louis XVIII becomes King of France |
| 1820 | Florence Nightingale, nurse born. | |
| 1821 | John Constable paints 'The Hay Wain'. | |
| 1826 | The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. | |
| 1830 | George IV dies and is succeeded by his brother William IV | |
| 1835 | William Simmonds marries Sarah Spink in Hessett, Suffolk. | Charles Darwin arrives at the Galapagos Islands aboard the HMS Beagle. |
| 1837 | Queen Victoria ascended the throne. | |
| 1839 | Abraham Simmonds is born in Hesset, Suffolk. Jonathan Simmonds Jnr marries Jemima Naylor. | The world's first commercial electric telegraph line comes into operation alongside the Great Western Railway line, from Paddington Station to West Drayton. |
| 1840 | The Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp, becomes valid for the pre-payment of postage. | |
| 1846 | Planet Neptune first sighted. | |
| 1850 | "David Copperfield" published. | |
| 1852 | Jonathan Simmonds Jnr. marries Mary Bragg. Jonathan Simmonds Snr. dies in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | State funeral of the Duke of Wellington |
| 1858 | Abraham Simmonds marries Caroline Bugg in Rougham, Suffolk. William Alfred Simmonds is born in Rougham, Suffolk. | The last rebels of the Indian Mutiny surrender in Gwalior |
| 1860 | The first street trams in Britain are introduced in Birkenhead. The Open Championship, also known as the British Open, is played for the first time at Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. | |
| 1870 | Asaph Simmonds is born in Rougham, Suffolk. | Outbreak of the Franco-Pussian War 0n the 19th July. The conflict is a culmination of years of tension between the two powers. |
| 1872 | The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia. | |
| 1876 | Modern Refridgerator is invented by Carl von Linden who discovered and patented an improved method of liquefying gas. | |
| 1879 | William Simmonds dies in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. | Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time |
| 1880 | Greenwich Mean Time adopted across Great Britain. | |
| 1881 | William Alfred Simmonds marries Susanna Clarke. | Gunfight at the OK Corral, Tombstone |
| 1883 | Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is published in book form | |
| 1886 | Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile | |
| 1887 | Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, marking the 50th year of her reign | |
| 1888 | Jonathan Simmonds Jnr. dies. | John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor is born. |
| 1889 | Work completed on the Eiffel Tower, Paris. | |
| 1890 | Caroline Simmonds (nee Bugg) the first wife of Abraham Simmonds dies. | Agatha Christie, writer born. |
| 1891 | Cole Porter, composer born. | |
| 1892 | Abraham Simmonds marries Ellen Barker (second marriage) in Rougham, Sufflolk. | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| 1893 | New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote | |
| 1898 | Asaph Simmonds marries Edith Ellen Parish in Rougham, Suffolk. | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, dies |
| 1899 | Eva Elizabeth Simmonds is born in Rougham, Suffolk. | Alfred Hitchcock, British film director is born. |
| 1900 | Cornelius Simmonds (different Simmonds Family) is born in Ombersley, Worsetershire. | Oscar Wilde, playwright, writer and poet dies. |
| 1902 | Pelham Robert Simmonds is born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. | Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom. |
| 1905 | Phyllis Rose Herbert is born in Stourport-on-severn, Worcestershire. | The Automobile Association was founded in United Kingdom |
| 1906 | Thomas Hector Simmonds is born in Martley, Worcestershire. | John Betjeman, English poet, born. |
| 1910 | Florence Nightingale died, aged 90. | |
| 1912 | The Titanic leaves Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. Four days into her journey she strikes an iceberg and sinks two hours and forty minutes later. | |
| 1913 | Abraham Simmonds dies in Rougham, Suffolk. | Unemployment and Maternity benefits introduced. The first Chelsea Flower Show is held in London. |
| 1914 | Start of WW1. On the 4th of august Britain declares war on Germany. | |
| 1916 | WW1 Battle of the Somme | |
| 1917 | WW1 The US declares war on Germany. | |
| 1918 | End of WW1. On 11th November the leaders of both sides hold a meeting in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne. The Armistice is signed at 6am and comes into force five hours later. | |
| 1919 | Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament | |
| 1920 | King George V unveils the Cenotaph; The Unknown Warrior is buried. | |
| 1922 | Tutankhamun tomb discovered, Egypt. | |
| 1923 | Sir Patrick Moore, British astronomer and broadcaster is born. | |
| 1924 | Kenneth Kendall, British newsreader and presenter is born. | |
| 1925 | John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter. | |
| 1929 | Pelham Robert Simmonds marries Phyllis Rose Herbert in Kidderminster. Eva Elizabeth Simmonds marries Cornelius Simmonds (different Simmonds). | Stockmarket crashes on Wall Street, ushering in the "Great Depression" |
| 1930 | Planet Pluto discovered. | |
| 1931 | Jean Evelyn Simmonds is born in Areley Kings, Worcestershire. | Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union, is born. |
| 1933 | Thomas Hector Simmonds marries Ada Richmond in Stourbridge. | Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany |
| 1937 | David Brian Simmonds is born in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire. | The coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth takes place at Westminster Abbey, London. |
| 1940 | The Dunkirk evacuation of British Expeditionary Force takes place. 300,000 troops are evacuated from France to England. The Battle of Britain begins. | |
| 1943 | The Colossus computer is invented by the British to break German encryption. | |
| 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi, Leader of Indian independence movement is assassinated. | |
| 1949 | Asaph Simmonds dies in Areley Kings, Worcestershire. | George Orwell's book Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. Wartime rationing of sweets and chocolate ends, but is re-instituted shortly thereafter as shortages return. |
| 1950 | Outbreak of the Korean War. | |
| 1955 | Jean Evelyn Simmonds marries Howard Herbert Gosling in Stourport-on-seven, Worcestershire. | First edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published, in London. |
| 1956 | Britain abolishes the death penalty. | |
| 1959 | M1 motorway officially opened. | |
| 1960 | Coronation Street first televised. | |
| 1961 | David Brian Simmonds marries Grace Helena Ellis in Birmingham. | Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space. |
| 1963 | John F. Kennedy assassination in Dallas, Texas. | |
| 1967 | The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | |
| 1970 | British Commonwealth Games held in Edinburgh. | |
| 1971 | Thomas Hector Simmonds dies in Areley Kings, Worcestershire. | The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency |
| 1973 | Eva Elizabeth Simmonds (nee Simmonds) dies in Areley Kings. Cornelius Simmonds (different Simmonds Family) dies in Areley Kings, Worcestershire. | Vietnam War ends. "Watergate" scandal exposed |
| 1975 | Bill Gates founds Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. | |
| 1977 | Elvis Presley dies in his home in Graceland at age 42. | |
| 1980 | Pelham Robert Simmonds dies in Walsall, West Midlands. | John Lennon is shot dead in New York. |
| 1986 | Phyllis Rose Simmonds (nee Herbert) dies in Walsall, West Midlands. | The Chernobyl disaster: A mishandled safety test at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Soviet Union "killed at least 4056 people and damaged almost $7 billion of property". |
| 1989 | Exxon Valdez oil spill In Alaska | |
| 1990 | Margaret Thatcher announces she will resign as Leader of the Conservative Party and therefore as Prime Minister. | |
| 1992 | A fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, causing over £50 million worth of damage. Prince Charles and Princess Diana publicly announce their separation | |
| 1997 | Ada Simmonds (nee Richmond) dies in Areley Kings, Worcestershire. | Diana, Princess of Wales, is taken to hospital after a car accident shortly after midnight, in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. She is pronounced dead at 04:00 a.m |
| 2000 | Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. |