♂ Charles Hicks

1806 - 1879

Charles Hicks
Spouse
Catherine Van Norden
Catherine Van Norden
1811 - 1903
Children
Thomas R Hicks
Thomas R Hicks
1829 - 1908
Josephine Hicks
Josephine Hicks
1835 - 1921
Walter E Hicks
Walter E Hicks
1847 - 1892
Jessie Hicks
Jessie Hicks
1849 - 1875

Was inventor of the first percussion caps, the machine for making them and the powder with which they were charged.  At the time of his death he had almost perfected the Hick's Centrifugal Dynamite Gun.  His son, Walter E Hicks, would patent the Centrifugal Gun in 1888 after Charles Hicks had passed away.

 

Timeline

1806


Jan
1806 Battle of Schleiz: First clash of the Franco-Prussian conflict. The Prussian army is easily defeated by a more numerous French force.

1829


Age: 22y
1829 India: In the face of fierce opposition, British Lord William Bentinck carries a regulation declaring that all who abet suttee in India are guilty of culpable homicide.

1840


Age: 33y
Charles Hicks - 1840 Census

residence


In the two houses behind Charles Hicks, there is a Mrs. Van Norden aged 20-30, and then a Wm A Van Norden aged 40-50 years. Also living on the same page as Charles Hicks is an Abraham Van Norden. William Van Norden's brother James is also living in ward 14, on page 418. modified
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1840 • The Washingtonian Temperance Society is founded.
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1844


Age: 37y
1844 September 27 – The first ever international cricket match is played in New York City, United States v Canadian Provinces.

1847


Age: 40y
1847 • The Vegetarian Society was formed in the United Kingdom. It remains the oldest in the world.

1849


Age: 42y
1849 • The Danish Army beats the Prussian army at Fredericia, Jutland, thereby putting an end to the Prussian/Danish War until 1864.

1850


Age: 43y
1850 • British foreign secretary Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, sends ships to blockade the port of Piraeus, ostensibly as a result of the Don Pacifico affair.
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1850


Age: 43y
1850 • The hippopotamus Obaysch arrives at London Zoo from Egypt, the first seen in Europe since Roman times.

1850


Age: 43y
1850 • The Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX and future Pope Pius X .
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1851


Age: 44y
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1854


Age: 47y

1857


Feb 10
Age: 51y
Charles Hicks - US Patent 16587

invention


Haverstraw, New York, USA ⇓
US Patent for "Improved machine for ramming percussion-caps"
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1857


Feb 17
Age: 51y

invention


Haverstraw, New York, USA ⇓
US Patent for "Improved machine for varnishing percussion-caps"
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1857 Sheffield F.C., the world's first association football team, is founded in Sheffield, England.

1860


Age: 53y
1860 Britain produces 20% of the entire world's output of industrial goods.

1870


Jul 16
Age: 64y
1870 • The Republic of Ploieşti, an uprising against Domnitor Carol of Romania, fails.

1879


Oct 31
Age: 73y
Charles Hicks - Find a Grave

death


Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
1879-11-03; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"HICKS - On October 31st ult., CHARLES HICKS, in the seventy-third year of his age. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Monday, November 3, at 2 o'clock, from 1912 Poplar street."
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1879 • Colonel Ahmed Orabi forms the Egyptian Nationalist Party.

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