The Timeline:
Important Events that Occured in His Life
1759 BORN IN HULL, ENGLAND.
1776 STUDIED AT ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
1780 ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR HULL
1784-85 UNDERGOES A DEEP RELIGIOUS CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY DURING EUROPE TOUR
1784 ELECTED MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR YORKSHIRE
1789 INTRODUCED HIS FIRST ANTI-SLAVE TRADE BILL TO PARLIAMENT
1804 TOOK PART IN FOUNDING THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY
1807 SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY PARLIAMENT
1822 TOOK PART IN FOUNDING THE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY
1823 LAUNCHED HIS CAMPAIGN TO FREE SLAVES
1825 RETIRED FROM HIS PARLIAMENT JOB
1833 EMANCIPATION ACT PASSED; WILBERFORCE PASSES AWAY AFTERWARDS
1776 STUDIED AT ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
1780 ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR HULL
1784-85 UNDERGOES A DEEP RELIGIOUS CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY DURING EUROPE TOUR
1784 ELECTED MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR YORKSHIRE
1789 INTRODUCED HIS FIRST ANTI-SLAVE TRADE BILL TO PARLIAMENT
1804 TOOK PART IN FOUNDING THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY
1807 SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY PARLIAMENT
1822 TOOK PART IN FOUNDING THE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY
1823 LAUNCHED HIS CAMPAIGN TO FREE SLAVES
1825 RETIRED FROM HIS PARLIAMENT JOB
1833 EMANCIPATION ACT PASSED; WILBERFORCE PASSES AWAY AFTERWARDS