Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1733/03/13 Mary Swift Priestley, wife of Jonas Priestley, gives birth to a son, Joseph Priestley in Fieldhead, Birstall, West Yorkshire, England. Born Birstall West Yorkshire
1761/00/00 Joseph Priestley is hired as the tutor of modern languages and rhetoric at the Dissenting academy in Warrington, Cheshire, England. Work The Old Academy Warrington
1762/06/23 Mary Wilkinson, daughter of Isaac Wilkinson and Mary Johnson Wilkinson, marries Joseph Priestley. Groom
1772/00/00 The Priestleys move to Calne in Wiltshire. They will live here until 1779. Home Priestley's House Calne
1774/00/00 Dr Priestley discovers oxygen while working as librarian for the Earl of Shelbourne at Bowood House. Work Bowood House Calne Without
1792/04/13 Anne Ryland, Joseph Priestley and W Priestley witness the marriage of Elizabeth Ryland and Joseph M F Priestley. Father of the Groom Church Of St John Hackney
1794/00/00 Joseph Priestley the widower moves into his Georgian style and lives there with his eldest son Joseph, Joseph's wife Elizabeth, and their children. Home Joseph Priestley House Northumberland
1804/02/06 Joseph Priestley dies in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Mr Priestley is buried at Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Died Joseph Priestley House Northumberland
1874/08/01 American chemists celebrate the centennial of chemistry at Priestley House on the 100th anniversary of Priestley's discovery of oxygen gas. In Memoriam Joseph Priestley House Northumberland
Shop Amazon

Shopping on Amazon

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Google Ad

Google Ad
?