1838
1830
1845
1848
First train to Birmingham
George's seccond wife dies
George marries for the third time
George dies on 12th August
1829
George's loco, the Rocket, wins the Rainhill trials
1826
A new railway is planned
1825
George drives the first train on a new railway
1820
Stephenson marries his seccond wife
1819
George builds the first railway at Hetton Colliery
1815
George invents a safety lamp
1814
George builds his first locomotive
1806
George's wife Frances dies
1803
George and Frances have a son - Robert
1802
George marries Frances Henderson
1795
George works at a coal mine and goes to night school
Born 9th June 1781 in Wylam, Northumberland
George Stephenson