Joseph Josiah Blacker

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Leicestershire is a county in the East Midlands of England with its roots in agriculture. The industrial revolution saw the rise of mining in the area and the expansion of clothing manufacture.

Devon is a county in the West Country of England with an economy that has historically been based primarily on agriculture and fishing.

Somerset is a county in the West Country of England with a primarily rural economy, but which saw some development of mining and industry in the 19th century.

UK Monarch Dates

Accession Date	Monarch
30 January 1648	Charles II
6 February 1684	James II & VII
13 February 1688	William III & II and Mary II
8 March 1701	Anne
1 August 1714	George I
11 June 1727	George II
25 October 1760	George III
29 January 1820	George IV
26 June 1830	William IV
20 June 1837	Victoria
22 January 1901	Edward VII
6 May 1910	George V
11 December 1936	George VI
6 February 1952	Elizabeth II

Legal Timeline

Date	Event
5 Feb 1538	Thomas Cromwell introduces an Act for Parish Registers
20 Jan 1649	Charles I Goes on Trial
19 May 1649	Cromwell Declares England a Commonwealth
16 Dec 1689	The 'Bill of Rights' established
31 Dec 1695	Window Tax Introduced
12 Jun 1701	The Act of Settlement
1 Jan 1707	The Act of Union Signed
14 Sep 1752	Britain Adopts Gregorian Calendar
13 May 1787	First convicts sent to Australia
31 Dec 1800	1800 Census Act
10 Mar 1801	1801 Census
25 Mar 1807	Slave trade is abolished in the British empire
27 May 1811	1811 Census
28 May 1821	1821 Census
30 May 1831	1831 Census
7 Jun 1832	The Great Reform Act changes Parliamentary constituencies
1834	The Poor Law set up workhouses
1 Aug 1834	Britain abolishes slavery
1 Jul 1837	Civil registration starts in England and Wales
6 Apr 1841	Census Amendment Act, 1841
6 Jun 1841	1841 Census
1842	The Mines Act ended child labour
26 Jun 1846	Corn Laws abolished
30 Mar 1851	1851 Census
1 Jan 1855	Civil registration starts in Scotland
7 Apr 1861	1861 Census
1 Jan 1864	Civil registration starts in Ireland
1870	Education Act means school for everyone
10 Aug 1870	1870 Census Act
2 Apr 1871	1871 Census
7 Sep 1880	1880 Census Act
3 Apr 1881	1881 Census
5 Apr 1891	1891 Census
2 Aug 1894	Death Duties Introduced
31 Mar 1901	1901 Census
2 Apr 1911	1911 Census
16 Aug 1920	1920 Census Act
5 Sep 1939	National Registration Act
1973	Britain joins the European Community

Military Timeline

Years	Event
1602–1661	Dutch-Portuguese War
1625–1630	Anglo-Spanish War
1627–1629	Anglo-French War
1642-1651	English Civil War
1652-1654	First Anglo-Dutch War
1654–1660	Anglo-Spanish War
1665-1667	Second Anglo-Dutch War
1672-1674	Third Anglo-Dutch War
1672-1678	Franco-Dutch War
1685	Monmouth Rebellion
1688-1697	Nine Years' War
1701–1714	The War of the Spanish Succession
1715–1716	Jacobite rising of 1715
1740–1748	War of the Austrian Succession
1741–1745	Jacobite rising of 1745
1756–1763	Seven Years' War
1775–1783	American War of Independence
1798	Irish Rebellion of 1798
1799–1815	Napoleonic Wars
1807–1809	Anglo-Turkish War
1807–1812	Anglo-Russian War
1807–1814	Peninsular War
1812–1815	War of 1812
1839–1842	First Anglo-Afghan War
1839–1842	First Opium War
1839–1841	Second Egyptian-Ottoman War
1853–1856	Crimean War
1856–1860	Second Opium War
1856–1857	Anglo-Persian War
1857–1858	Indian Mutiny
1879	Anglo-Zulu War
1880–1881	First Boer War
1899–1901	Boxer Rebellion
1899–1902	Second Boer War
1914–1918	World War I
1919–1919	Third Anglo-Afghan War
1919–1920	Irish War of Independence
1939–1945	World War II
1950–1953	Korean War
1956–1957	Suez Crisis
1982	Falklands War
1991	Gulf War
1998	Operation Desert Fox
1998–1999	Kosovo War

UK Political Timeline

Date	Event
5 May 1640	Charles I disbands the Short Parliament
4 Jan 1642	Charles I arrests parliamentarians
16 Dec 1653	Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector
25 May 1660	The English Restoration - Charles II lands on British Soil
23 Oct 1707	First Parliament of Great Britain
3 Apr 1721	Robert Walpole becomes first British Prime Minister
16 Feb 1742	Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, elected Prime Minister
27 Aug 1743	Henry Pelham elected Prime Minister
16 Mar 1754	Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, elected Prime Minister
16 Nov 1756	William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, elected Prime Minister
2 Jul 1757	Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, elected Prime Minister
26 May 1762	John Stuart, Earl of Bute, elected Prime Minister
10 Feb 1763	France cedes Canada to Britain
16 Apr 1763	George Grenville elected Prime Minister
13 Jul 1765	Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham, elected Prime Minister
30 Jul 1766	William Pitt ‘the Elder’, Earl of Chatham, elected Prime Minister
14 Oct 1768	Augustus FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton, elected Prime Minister
28 Jan 1770	Frederick North, Lord North, elected Prime Minister
4 Jul 1776	American colonies declare independence
27 Mar 1782	Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham, elected Prime Minister
4 Jul 1782	William Petty, Earl of Shelburne, elected Prime Minister
2 Apr 1783	William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland, elected Prime Minister
19 Dec 1783	William Pitt ‘the Younger’ elected Prime Minister
9 Jan 1799	William Pitt introduces income tax
17 Mar 1801	Henry Addington elected Prime Minister
30 Apr 1803	The Louisiana Purchase
10 May 1804	William Pitt ‘the Younger’ elected Prime Minister
11 Feb 1806	William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, elected Prime Minister
31 Mar 1807	William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland, elected Prime Minister
4 Oct 1809	Spencer Perceval elected Prime Minister
11 May 1812	Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated
8 Jun 1812	Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, elected Prime Minister
10 Apr 1827	George Canning elected Prime Minister
31 Aug 1827	Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich, elected Prime Minister
22 Jan 1828	Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, elected Prime Minister
22 Nov 1830	Charles Grey, Earl Grey, elected Prime Minister
16 Jul 1834	William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, elected Prime Minister
14 Nov 1834	Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, elected Prime Minister
10 Dec 1834	Sir Robert Peel elected Prime Minister
18 Apr 1835	William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, elected Prime Minister
30 Aug 1841	Sir Robert Peel elected Prime Minister
30 Jun 1846	Lord John Russell elected Prime Minister
21 Feb 1848	Marx publishes The Communist Manifesto
23 Feb 1852	Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby, elected Prime Minister
19 Dec 1852	George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, elected Prime Minister
6 Feb 1855	Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, elected Prime Minister
20 Feb 1858	Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby, elected Prime Minister
12 Jun 1859	Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, elected Prime Minister
29 Oct 1865	John Russell, Earl Russell, elected Prime Minister
28 Jun 1866	Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby, elected Prime Minister
27 Feb 1868	Benjamin Disraeli elected Prime Minister
3 Dec 1868	William Ewart Gladstone elected Prime Minister
20 Feb 1874	Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, elected Prime Minister
1 Jan 1877	Victoria proclaimed Empress of India
23 Apr 1880	William Ewart Gladstone elected Prime Minister
23 Jun 1885	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, elected Prime Minister
1 Feb 1886	William Ewart Gladstone elected Prime Minister
25 Jul 1886	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, elected Prime Minister
15 Aug 1892	William Ewart Gladstone elected Prime Minister
5 Mar 1894	Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery, elected Prime Minister
25 Jun 1895	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, elected Prime Minister
27 Feb 1900	Formation of the Labour Party
2 Oct 1900	Keir Hardie elected 1st Labour MP
18 Feb 1901	Churchill’s Maiden Speech
11 Jul 1902	Arthur Balfour elected Prime Minister
8 Apr 1904	The ‘Entente Cordiale’ is signed by Britain and France
5 Dec 1905	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman elected Prime Minister
21 Apr 1907	Sinn Fein Formed
7 Apr 1908	Herbert Henry Asquith elected Prime Minister
7 Dec 1916	David Lloyd George elected Prime Minister
2 Nov 1917	The Balfour Declaration
6 Feb 1918	Women get the Vote
23 Oct 1922	Andrew Bonar Law elected Prime Minister
23 May 1923	Stanley Baldwin elected Prime Minister
22 Jan 1924	Ramsay MacDonald elected Britain's first Labour Prime Minister
4 Nov 1924	Stanley Baldwin elected Prime Minister
5 Aug 1925	Plaid Cymru Formed
5 Jun 1929	Ramsay MacDonald elected Prime Minister
7 Jun 1935	Stanley Baldwin elected Prime Minister
28 May 1937	Neville Chamberlain elected Prime Minister
29 Sep 1938	Chamberlain & Hitler sign the Munich Agreement
10 May 1940	Winston Churchill elected Prime Minister
10 May 1940	Winston Churchill elected Prime Minister
26 Jul 1945	Clement Attlee elected Prime Minister
4 Apr 1949	Foundation of NATO
18 Apr 1949	Republic of Ireland established
26 Oct 1951	Winston Churchill elected Prime Minister
6 Apr 1955	Sir Anthony Eden elected Prime Minister
10 Jan 1957	Harold Macmillan elected Prime Minister
19 Oct 1963	Sir Alec Douglas-Home elected Prime Minister
16 Oct 1964	Harold Wilson elected Prime Minister
19 Jun 1970	Edward Heath elected Prime Minister
4 Mar 1974	Harold Wilson elected Prime Minister
5 Apr 1976	James Callaghan elected Prime Minister
4 May 1979	Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister
28 Nov 1990	John Major elected Prime Minister
2 May 1997	Tony Blair elected Prime Minister
1999	Welsh National Assembly and Scottish Parliament formed

UK Religous Timeline

Date	Event
1612	The first Baptist Church in England is formed
1661	The Corporation Act says all officials in towns must be members of the Church of England
1662	The Act of Uniformity says all clergy must use the Book of Common Prayer
1665	The Five Mile Act forbids non-Anglican ministers to come within 5 miles of towns with a mayor and corporation
1689	The Toleration Act allows non-conformists to have their own places of worship and preachers
19 Aug 1692	Salem Witches Executed
2 Dec 1697	Wrens St Pauls Opens
2 Apr 1739	Wesley’s First Open-Air Sermon
25 Mar 1754	Hardwicke's Marriage Act of 1753 for preventing clandestine marriages comes into force
28 Feb 1784	Wesley Breaks from Church of England
1829	The Catholic Emancipation Act allows Catholics to become MPs and hold public office
1865	The Salvation Army is founded
1994	The Church of England ordains women priests

UK Social Timeline

Date	Event
1 Jan 1660	Pepys’ First Diary Entry,
7 May 1663	Theatre Royal Drury Lane Opens
14 Nov 1665	London Gazette First Published
2 Sep 1666	Great Fire of London begins
31 May 1669	Last Entry in Pepys Diary
26 Nov 1703	Great Storm Kills 10,000
23 Jun 1725	Malt Tax Riots Begin
20 Jun 1726	First Municipal Fire Brigade formed
9 Mar 1761	The Hexham Riot
29 Apr 1770	Captain Cook lands in Australia
9 Oct 1779	First Luddite riots
7 Jun 1780	Gordon Riots - Day of Death
15 Oct 1783	First manned balloon flight
7 Jan 1785	First aerial crossing of the channel in a balloon
16 Aug 1819	Peterloo Massacre
4 Jul 1829	First regular bus service
29 Sep 1829	Metropolitan Police Force Established
19 Mar 1834	Tolpuddle Martyrs Sentenced
25 Jan 1839	Fox Talbot Shows First Photos
10 Jan 1840	Postal service (penny post) begins in Britain
10 Feb 1840	Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert
1 May 1851	Great Exhibition opens
24 Nov 1859	Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' is published
1860	The first public flushing toilet opens
1863	London Underground opens
13 Oct 1884	World adopts Greenwich Meantime
31 Aug 1888	Jack the Ripper’s First Victim
1891	Free education for every child
6 Jul 1895	First Car Ride in Britain
22 Jun 1897	Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
10 Oct 1903	Emmeline Pankhurst forms the Suffragette Movement
1 Jan 1909	Old-Age Pensions First Paid
10 Apr 1912	Titanic sets sail on maiden voyage
3 May 1926	The Great General Strike Begins
4 Oct 1936	The Battle of Cable Street
8 Jan 1940	Food Rationing Begins
1994	Channel Tunnel links Britain back to the European continent

UK Industrial Timeline

Date	Event
28 Nov 1660	Royal Society Founded
5 Jul 1687	Newton’s Principia Published
1757	First canal in Britain is completed
1 Jan 1781	Ironbridge Opened
1783	Steam powered cotton mill invented by Sir Richard Arkwright
1788	First convict ships are sent to Australia
26 Jul 1803	The First Public Railway Opens
1804	Richard Trevithick builds the first steam locomotive
25 Mar 1807	World’s first passenger train service begins
25 Jul 1814	Stephenson demonstrates his first Steam Engine
24 Aug 1833	Factory Act
19 Jul 1843	SS Great Britain launched by Brunel
23 Mar 1861	First Trams operate in London
10 Jan 1863	The London Underground opens
8 Dec 1864	Opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge
10 Mar 1876	Alexander Graham Bell makes first telephone call
1877	The first public electric lighting in London
28 Dec 1879	Collapse of the Tay Railway Bridge
10 Mar 1883	First electric trams begin running in London
1 Jan 1894	Manchester Ship Canal Opens
12 Dec 1901	Marconi sends first transatlantic wireless message
17 Dec 1903	The Wright Brothers make first powered flight
6 Jun 1905	Einstein publishes Special Theory of Relativity
25 Jul 1909	Louis Bleriot flies the Channel
1915	Einstein publishes General Theory of Relativity
15 Jun 1919	Alcock and Brown complete first non stop flight across the Atlantic
26 Jan 1926	John Logie Baird gives first demonstration of television
12 Apr 1937	Whittle tests the first Jet Engine
1991	Sir Tim Berners Lee invents the World Wide Web

UK Medical Timeline

Date	Event
1603	Bubonic Plague
1612	Bubonic Plague
1623	Famine
1625	Bubonic Plague
1630	Plague
1631	Bubonic Plague
1633	Smallpox
1636	Bubonic Plague
1654	Bubonic Plague
19 Sep 1665	Great Plague of London at its height
1723	Influenza
1723	Famine
1732	Influenza
1743	Influenza
1751	Smallpox
1762	Influenza
1767	Influenza
1775	Influenza
1782	Influenza
1785	Influenza
1788	Influenza
1793	Diphtheria
1796	Smallpox
14 May 1796	Jenner administers first Vaccine against smallpox
1816	Typhus & Smallpox
1825	Smallpox
1828/9	Smallpox
1826	Cholera
1830	Influenza & Cholera
1831	Cholera (especially in Sunderland) & Influenza
1832	Cholera (especially in the large cities)
1836	Influenza
1837	Typhus
1838	Measles & Whooping Cough
1840	Scarlet Fever
1845	The Great Potato Famine starts in Ireland
1846	Typhoid
1846	Influenza
1847	Typhus & Influenza
1848	Cholera
1849	Cholera
1853	Cholera
1854	Cholera epidemic leads to demand for clean water supply
1855	Cholera
1857	Influenza
1857	Smallpox
1863	Smallpox
1865	Cholera
17 Jun 1867	Lister performs the first operation using an antiseptic.
1870	Smallpox
1889	Influenza
1889	Influeneza
1901	Smallpox
1917	Spanish Influenza
1918	Influenza
30 Sep 1928	Discovery of penicillin
1947	Smallpox
5 Jul 1948	National Health Service established
1950	Polio
1957	Asian Flu
1968	Hong Kong Flu

Leicestershire Political Timeline

Date	Event
1589	Corporation of Leicester established
1645	Siege of Leicester during the English Civil War
1804	Leicester South Fields are inclosed
1828	New Leicester Prison opens on Welford Road
1836	Leicester Borough Police Force established
1838	Leicester Union Workhouse built
1849	Leicester Chamber of Commerce established
1872	Leicester Borough Fire Brigade established
1889	Leicester becomes a County borough by 1888 Local Government Act
1891	Borough of Leicester is greatly enlarged by the Leicester Extension Act
1919	Leicester attains city status
1923	In the General Election, Winston Churchill is the Liberal candidate in Leicester West and loses
1925	Braunstone Frith is absorbed into the city of Leicester
1935	New Parks and Beaumont Leys are absorbed into the city of Leicester

Leicestershire Religous Timeline

Date	Event
1651	Friar Lane Baptist Church, Leicester, established
1703	Joseph Donisthorpe born at Stanton-under-Bardon
1707	Lady Selina Shirley, later Countess of Huntingdon, born in Ashby
1714	Samuel Deacon born. Later became baptist preacher at Barton
1740	First evangelical preaching in Charnwood Forest
1741	John Wesley preaches at Melbourne and Markfield
1741	Samuel Deacon purchases a house in Ratby and preaches there
1742	John Taylor accompanies John Wesley on preaching tour of the north of England
1743	John Taylor preaches at Barton in the Beans
1745	Chapel built at Barton in the Beans
1746	Samuel Deacon, junior, born
1750	First Baptist meeting place built at Melbourne
1755	First Baptist meeting place built at Kegworth
1760	Barton divides into Melbourne, Kegworth, Kirby Woodhouse (Notts) & L'borough churches
1760's	Baptists meet at Hugglescote, Ibstock, Whitick, Stanton-under-Bardon & Hinckley
1766	Joseph Donisthorpe & Samuel Deacon, jnr, move to Loughborough
1774	Joseph Donisthorpe dies in Loughborough
1774	Joseph Goadby born at Market Bosworth
1777	Samuel Deacon, jnr, preaches his first sermon at Barton
1779	Barlestone church established
1779	Samuel Deacon, jnr, becomes co-pastor at Barton with his father
1782	Samuel Deacon moves to Barton in the Beans
1784	Samuel Deacon, jnr, publishes a volume of his hymns
1791	Countess of Huntingdon dies in London, aged 84
1794	Market Bosworth church established
1795	John Aldridge, Barton Evangelist, dies
1795	Francis Smith, preacher at Melbourne, dies there
1796	Bagworth church established
1799	Joseph Goadby becomes preacher at Packington
1800	Congerstone church established
1800	Joseph Goadby starts preaching in a room in the Malt Shovel yard, Ashby
1801	Barton chapel enlarged
1802	Chapel opened in Mill Lane, Ashby
1808	Joseph Goadby ordained to the pastorate of Ashby & Packington churches
1808	Thomas Cook born
1809	Barton chapel enlarged
1811	Measham church established
1812	Samuel Deacon dies and is buried in Barton in the Beans chapel
1816	Samuel Deacon, jnr, dies at Barton
1817	New chapel built at Ashby
1823	Measham chapel enlarged
1828	Thomas Cook starts preaching in the Midlands
1831	Newbold Verdon church established
1832	New Baptist chapel built at Packington
1841	New Baptist chapel built at Barton in the Beans
1841	Joseph Goadby dies at Packington
1841	Thomas Cook organises first public excursion from Leicester to Loughborough
1845	Leicester Particular Baptist Chapel opens
1882	Sunday School Memorial Hall erected by Thomas Cook in Archdeacon Lane, Leicester
1889	Thomas Cook produces "The Barton Memorials: Works of Samuel Deacon"
1927	St Martin's Church becomes Leicester Cathedral

Leicestershire Social Timeline

Date	Event
1737	Attempt to make Soar navigable blocked by land & mill owners
1751	Leicester Journal newspaper first published
1776	Loughborough obtains act to improve Soar navigation
1778	Loughborough sections of Leicester Navigation opened
1780	Campaign begins to extend Soar navigation back to Leicester
1786	Leicester Navigation Act defeated in Parliament
1791	Leicester and Melton Navigation Acts passed in Parliament
1792	Leicester Chronicle newspaper first published
1793	Oakham Navigation Act passed in Parliament
1794	Leicester Navigation opened
1794	Lock keepers cottage built at Pillings Lock, north of Barrow
1796	Blackbrook reservoir completed to supply Forest Canal
1799	Blackbrook Dam burst (20 Feb)
1805	Dispute over Sileby Mill floodgates
1819	Forest Canal railway link taken up and sold
1824	Navigation Company buys Barrow Mill
1832	Leicester to Swannington Railway opened
1835	First Ordnance survey map published
1836	Leicester Theatre Royal opens in Horsefair Street
1840	Midland Counties Railway from Derby to Rugby opened, with a station at Campbell Street, Leicester
1845	Barrow Bridge re-built
1853	Rowe's Circulating Library in business
1857	Hitchin to Leicester railway begins operating
1857	Leicester Guardian newspaper first published
1860	Navigation Company buys Thurmaston Mill
1860	Echo Bridge built at Mountsorrel
1864	South Leicestershire Railway (Hinckley-Leicester) begins operating
1868	Leicester Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower erected
1871	The Free Library opens in Wellington Street, Leicester
1872	Belgrave Mill purchased by borough of Leicester for flood prevention
1874	Leicester's first horse-drawn tram service begins operating, from the Clock Tower to Belgrave
1874	Leicester Mercury newspaper first published
1876	North Mill purchased by borough of Leicester for flood prevention
1876	Soar Lane Bridge built
1877	Melton Navigation abandoned
1883	Charnwood Forest railway opened
1891	Pumping station near Belgrave Lock opened (now Museum of Technology)
1896	Leicester Corporation purchases Gilroes and begins laying out a cemetery there
1897	Empress Works (craneworks) of Herbert Morris & Bastert Ltd built at Moor Lane
1899	London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) opened
1904	Conversion of Leicester's horse-drawn trams to electric trams is completed
1913	Leicester's De Montfort Hall opens
1932	Leicester and Loughborough Navigations bought by Grand Union
1938	Leicester Navigation toll house at Chainbridge, Loughborough, demolished
1948	Nationalisation of canals
1951	Lock keepers cottage at Pillings Lock, north of Barrow, demolished
1992	Leicester Polytechnic becomes De Montfort University
2012	The remains of King Richard III are discovered beneath a Leicester Council car park

Leicestershire Industrial Timeline

Date	Event
1821	Leicester Gas Company is established
1844	William Felkin reports on the hosiery industry and conditions of employment
1851	A pumping station is built near the River Soar under the Leicester Sewerage Act
1853	Leicester gains its first piped water supply
1863	The Old Bow Bridge in Leicester is demolished and replaced with an iron bridge
1865	Corah of Leicester (garments factory) established
1885	Leicester Technical College established
1899	British United Shoe Machinery is established in Belgrave Road
1916	Midland Dynamo Company founded in Leicester

Leicestershire Medical Timeline

Date	Event
1564	Outbreak of plague in Leicester
1579	Outbreak of plague in Leicester
1583	Outbreak of plague in Leicester
1593	Outbreak of plague in Leicester
1604	Outbreak of plague in Leicester
1606	Outbreak of plague in Leicester
1610	Outbreak of plague in Leicester
1625	Outbreak of plague in Leicester
1636	Outbreak of plague in Leicester
1638	Outbreak of plague in Leicester
1771	Leicester Royal Infirmary opens
1800	Leicester Medical Book Society founded
1816	The Newtown Linford Sick Club has its HQ at 'Mr Kinton's, the sign of the Bradgate Arms'
1849	Epidemic of cholera in Leicester
1904	Carlton Hayes Hospital opened as Leicestershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum
1927	Measles epidemic at Newton Linford. School closed by Medical Officer
1935	Leicester General Hospital opens

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