Let's pick it apart and look at the sums.
Of course these sums can't be perfect, especially regarding the wedding date. Also we've ignored leap years (which didn't actually exist in great Britain until 1752), plus the chances should be even longer bearing in mind they both reached an age of 80 years which would have been exceptional at the time.
199 ... another extraordinary coincidence!
The date in question is the 19th of September. We'd usually write this as 19/9, and St Mary's Church is at the top of Whitby's famous 199 steps!
Rest In Peace Francis and Mary
After 80 years, 12 children and for creating a mathematical sensation, you deserve it!
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While the Huntrodds were alive...
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1603 |
Queen Elizabeth 1 died. King James VI of Scotland also became King James 1 of England
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1605 |
Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament
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1607 |
Jamestown was founded in Virginia, the first permanent English colony in America
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1616 |
William Shakespeare died.
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1618 |
Sir Walter Raleigh was executed
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1642 |
The start of the English Civil War (Roundheads v Cavaliers)
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1643 |
Sir Isaac Newton was born
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1649 |
King Charles 1 became the only English monarch to be executed as Oliver Cromwell took over the country.
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1660 |
King Charles II (The Merry Monarch) took over the throne.
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1665 |
The Great Plague killed over 100,000 people in London and the South East.
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1666 |
The Great Fire of London
1675 |
Construction started on Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral
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