1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II | 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins | 1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne |
Thomas SEDDON b.1874 d.1950 | ||||||||
James HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1808 Batrix, Yorks d.1869 Heightside, Lancs | ||||||||
Richard HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1842 Blackburn, Lancs d.1911 Burnley, Lancs | Mary HANSON b.1812 Hollins, Slaidburn, Yorks d.1884 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||
Martha HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1875 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1946 | ||||||||
Martha BRINNAND b.1843 Higham, Burnley, Lancs d.1909 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||