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| Year | Event | |
| 1642 | Civil War Starts | |
| 1643 | On 21st May Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Wakefield for the parliamentarians in the Civil War | |
| 1646 | Civil War Ends | |
| 1754 | It was only possible to marry in a Church of England parish church or chapel licensed for the purpose. Ministers were required to keep registers in a specified format. | 1776 | USA Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. |
| 1787 | Establishment of Clayton Hospital and Wakefield Dispensary | |
| 1799 | Start of the Napoleonic Wars | |
| 1801 | First Regular Census (No Names) | |
| 1804 | Corn Law passed making bread more expensive | |
| 1815 | End of the Napoleonic Wars at Waterloo on June 18, 1815 | |
| 1821 | Census 22,307 inhabitants in Wakefield (No Names) | |
| 1831 | Census 24,538 inhabitants in Wakefield (No names) | |
| 1833 | Factory Act passed to improve the working lot of children | |
| 1834 | In 1834, following the Poor Law Amendment Act of that year, the country was divided into a number of Poor Law Unions and established workhouses. | |
| 1837 |
Start
of the Victorian Age, Queen Victoria comes to the throne. On July 1, 1837, Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths are required by law |
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| 1841 | Census (Limited Info collected) | |
| 1845 | Famine in Ireland and the start of the exodus to the USA and England - Corn Law repealed | |
| 1848 | Public Health Act to improve sanitation in town and cities | |
| 1850 | Famine in Ireland ends with over 1m dead | |
| 1851 | Census | |
| 1852 | District Boundaries in England & Wales Revised | |
| 1854 | The Crimean War starts in March 1854 and ends early 1856 | |
| 1856 | End of Crimean War | |
| 1861 | Census | |
| 1866 | From 1 January 1866 the age at death is given in the record | 1866 | On July 1, 1867, with passage of the British North America Act, the Dominion of Canada was officially established as a self-governing entity within the British Empire. |
| 1870 | Education Act passed | |
| 1871 | Census | |
| 1872 | By this time Wakefield boasted 50 colliers and produced over 1 million tons of coal | |
| 1875 | Penalties introduced for non registration of births, marriages and deaths | |
| 1877 | Queen Victoria made Empress of India | |
| 1881 | Census Year | |
| 1887 | Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee | |
| 1888 | Wakefield becomes a city | |
| 1891 | Census Year | |
| 1897 | Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee | |
| 1899 | Start of the Boer War | |
| 1901 |
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| 1902 | End of the Boer War |
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| 1911 | Census
Year Since the September Qtr the mother's maiden name was included in the GRO Birth index |
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| 1912 | From 1st Jan, both bride and groom's names are given in the GRO index | |
| 1914 | World War I was declared on 4th August | |
| 1918 | World
War I ended on the 11th Nov Women over 30 allowed to vote in Dec elections |
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| 1921 | Census Year | |
| 1928 | Everyone over 21 had a vote | |
| 1931 | Census Year - records destroyed during an air raid on London during WWII | |
| 1935 | The two districts of Eccleshall Bierlow and Sheffield merged as Sheffield | |
| 1939 | World
War II starts on 3rd Sept. On September 5th, the National Registration Act received royal assent and Registrar General Sir Sylvanus Vivian announced that National Registration Day would be September 29th. |
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| 1941 | No census due to the war | |
| 1945 | World War II in Europe ends on May 7th and in Asia on 14th August | |
| 1946 | District Boundaries in England & Wales Revised | |
| 1951 | Census Year | |
| 1959 | From 1 April 1959 a date of birth is supplied on Death records | |