|
 |
  |
|
1805 |
|
|
|
| Craig born at Frescati south of Dublin. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1815 |
|
|
|
| Craig attends Trinity College, Dublin. |
|
|
|
|
|
| First railway opens between Stockton and Darlington |
|
|
|
|
1825 |
|
|
|
| Gravatt works with Brunel on Thames Tunnel Crossing |
|
|
|
| Joseph Nicéphore Niépce takes first permanent photograph in France |
|
|
|
|
1826 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Metropolitan Police set up by Robert Peel. Catholic Emancipation Act |
|
|
|
|
1829 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Manchester - Liverpool Railway |
|
|
|
|
1830 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Michael Faraday invents electric dynamo |
|
|
|
|
1831 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1832 |
|
|
|
| Craig marries Jane Alley. Son Robert born. |
|
|
|
| Workhouses set up under the Poor Law |
|
|
|
|
1834 |
|
|
|
| Craig graduates at Cambridge. His first wife, Jane Alley, dies of cancer in Hastings. Marries Jane Helena Johnstone 24th December. Appointed chaplain to Lady Olivia Sparrow. |
|
|
|
| Charles Babbage invents first calculating machine |
|
|
|
|
1835 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1836 |
|
|
|
| Craig becomes parish priest at Fetcham church, Surrey. |
|
|
|
Victoria becomes Queen
Samuel Morse invents telegraph |
|
|
|
|
1837 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Queen Victoria bestows 'Royal' on Leamington after visit |
|
|
|
|
1838 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Anti-Corn-Law League founded |
|
|
|
|
1839 |
|
|
|
| Craig becomes vicar of All Saints church in Leamington and begins involvement with the National Schools. |
|
|
|
| First postage stamp - the Penny Black |
|
|
|
|
1840 |
|
|
|
Craig gets Town Commissioners to grant 99 year lease on old workhouse.
Gravatt designs Parret Bridge near Langport. |
|
|
|
| Mines Act ended child labour |
|
|
|
|
1842 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Potato famine in Ireland
French Industrial Exposition |
|
|
|
|
1844 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| William Parson's Birr Castle Telescope sees first light |
|
|
|
|
1845 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1847 |
|
|
|
| Craig wealthiest; appoints "Collectors" to canvas for funds to rebuild All Saints church. Sails his yatch, Black Dwarf. |
|
|
|
| Gold discovered in California and Australia |
|
|
|
|
1849 |
|
|
|
| New All Saints church nave opens. Publishes a volume of sermons. |
|
|
|
William and George Bond discover Saturn's C Ring
Airy's Transit Circle installed at Royal Observatory in Greenwich
First telegraph cable laid under the Channel
|
|
|
|
|
1850 |
|
|
|
| Craig and Gravatt start initial work on the telescope project. The lens is started. |
|
|
|
| Great Exhibition in London |
|
|
|
|
1851 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1852 |
|
|
|
| Telescope completed at Wandsworth. Craig's only son, Robert, dies aged 20. Borrows money from his brother for telescope. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1853 |
|
|
|
| Craig borrows more money. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1854 |
|
|
|
| Craig's beloved wife dies! |
|
|
|
| Livingston discovers Victoria Falls |
|
|
|
|
1855 |
|
|
|
| Criticism of telescope's performance forces Craig to abandon project. Gravatt explains Babbage's difference machine to Prince Albert. |
|
|
|
Crimea War ends
Louise Pasteur invents pastuerisation |
|
|
|
|
1856 |
|
|
|
| Craig's brother Robert Rutledge returns home and dies a shortly after. Craig imprisoned for misappropriation of funds during building of church. |
|
|
|
|
|
Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" puplished
|
|
|
|
|
1859 |
|
|
|
| Craig marries third wife, Jane Goochild Percival. Telescope falls into disuse about this time and dismantled, leaving just the tower. |
|
|
|
Prince Albert dies
London Underground opens First colour photograph taken
Football Association founded |
|
|
|
|
1861 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telegraph cable laid under the Atlantic
Nobel invents dynamite |
|
|
|
|
1866 |
|
|
|
Gravatt dies of accidental poisoning.
George Rennie dies
. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1867 |
|
|
|
| All Saints Church in Leamington south transept foundation laid (not under guidance of Craig) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1868 |
|
|
|
| Craig jumped ship from Liberal Party to Conservative |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1869 |
|
|
|
| Aged 64 he all but retires from All Saints as vicar leaving rector effectively in charge. |
|
|
|
| Education Act - school for everyone |
|
|
|
|
1870 |
|
|
|
| Craig's third wife dies. Around this date the telescope tower is demolished, the land returned to the common. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1872 |
|
|
|
| Charges of drunkenness brough against Craig. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1873 |
|
|
|
| Suffers "senile gangrene". Foot amputated - remains ill until his death. |
|
|
|
Edison invents the phonograph
Bell patents the telephone |
|
|
|
|
1876 |
|
|
|
| Craig opens ice rink in grounds of Priory! |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| |
| |
