Caister Lifeboat Timeline comparison of events / inventions
| World event/ invention | Year |
Lifeboats |
Coxswains & Awards | |
| Trafalgar Square completed | 1845 |
Lifeboat station formed - A lifeboat Unknown |
Ben Hodds | |
1846 |
A lifeboat stationed Unknown |
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1847 |
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| Safety pin invented | 1849 |
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| London underground constructed | 1850 |
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| London's Great Exhibition | 1851 |
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| First steel ribbed umbrella | 1852 |
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1853 |
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1855 |
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| "Big Ben" Cast | 1856 |
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1857 |
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| Rotary washing machine | 1858 |
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1863 |
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| Velocipede pedal bike | 1865 |
James Pearce stationed No1 |
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1866 |
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1867 |
The Boys Stationed No2 |
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| First typewriter | 1868 |
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1869 |
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| Electric Lamp | 1870 |
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1871 |
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1872 |
Philip George | |||
| Tennis invented | 1873 |
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1874 |
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1875 |
Godsend stationed No2 |
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| First telephone call | 1876 |
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1877 |
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1878 |
Covent Garden I stationed No1 |
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1879 |
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1880 |
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1881 |
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1882 |
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1883 |
Covent Garden II stationed No1 |
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1884 |
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| First motor car | 1885 |
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| Coca Cola invented | 1886 |
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1887 |
James Haylett Jnr | |||
1888 |
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| Storage water heater | 1889 |
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1890 |
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1891 |
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1892 |
Beauchamp Stationed No2 |
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1893 |
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1894 |
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1895 |
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1896 |
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1897 |
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| First Diesel engine | 1898 |
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| Start Boer War | 1899 |
Covent Garden III stationed No1 |
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| Zeppelin invented | 1900 |
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| First vacuum cleaner | 1901 |
Beauchamp disaster |
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| End Boer War | 1902 |
John "Whampo" Brown | ||
| First Powered Flight WB | 1903 |
Nancy Lucy Stationed No2 |
John "Spratt" Haylett | |
1904 |
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1905 |
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1906 |
JH RNLI silver medal. | |||
1907 |
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| Cellophane invented | 1908 |
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1909 |
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1911 |
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| Royal Flying Corps Formed | 1912 |
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1913 |
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| Start World War I | 1914 |
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1915 |
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| British Summer Time introduced | 1916 |
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| End World War I | 1918 |
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| Alcock & Brown Fly Atlantic | 1919 |
James Leath Stationed No1 |
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1920 |
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1921 |
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1922 |
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| Wembley Stadium is officially opened | 1923 |
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1924 |
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| Television invented | 1925 |
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1926 |
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| Lindburgh solo Atlantic flight | 1927 |
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1928 |
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| Penicillin discovered | 1929 |
Charles Burton Stationed No2 |
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1930 |
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1931 |
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1932 |
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1933 |
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1934 |
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1935 |
Joseph Woodhouse | |||
| First programable computer | 1936 |
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| First Jet Engine | 1937 |
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1938 |
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| Start World War II | 1939 |
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1940 |
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| First British Jet Flight | 1941 |
Jose Neville Stationed No2 |
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1942 |
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| R.A.F. "dambusters" | 1943 |
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1944 |
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| End World War II | 1945 |
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1946 |
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| First Transistor | 1947 |
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1948 |
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1949 |
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1950 |
James Brown | |||
1951 |
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1952 |
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| WD-40 invented - Everest conquerred | 1953 |
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1954 |
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1955 |
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| Hovercraft invented | 1956 |
Jack Plummer | ||
| Sputnik I | 1957 |
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| First IC or "Chip" | 1958 |
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1959 |
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1960 |
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1961 |
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1962 |
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| The Great Train Robbery | 1963 |
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1964 |
Royal Thames Stationed No2 |
RNLI Bronze Medals | ||
| The CD invented | 1965 |
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| Severn Road Bridge opens | 1966 |
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1967 |
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1968 |
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| Apollo 11 Moon landing - Concorde's 1st flight | 1969 |
CVLS Formed |
Alfred Brown (JP BEM) | |
1970 |
First ILB Stationed |
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| Decimal Currency | 1971 |
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1972 |
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| Britain joins EEC | 1973 |
Shirley Jean Adye Stationed |
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1974 |
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1975 |
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1976 |
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| Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee | 1977 |
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| First "test-tube baby" | 1978 |
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1979 |
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1980 |
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| MSDos Operating system | 1981 |
Benny Read | ||
| Falklands War | 1982 |
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1983 |
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1984 |
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| Windows Operating system | 1985 |
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1986 |
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1987 |
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1988 |
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1989 |
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| Nelson Mandela freed | 1990 |
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| Gulf War | 1991 |
Bernard Matthews CLB & Jim Davidson ILB Stationed |
Dick Thurlow | |
1992 |
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1993 |
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| National Lottery starts | 1994 |
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1995 |
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1996 |
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1997 |
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1998 |
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1999 |
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| The Euro launched in Europe | 2000 |
Certificates | ||
2001 |
Jim Davidson OBE ILB Stationed |
1901 commemoration | ||
| Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee | 2002 |
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2003 |
Golden Jubilee Medals | |||
2004 |
New Valentijn 2000 lifeboat 37-01 stationed |
Paul Williams | ||
2005 |
37-01 Named Bernard Matthews II by HRH The Prince of Wales |