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 |
James HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1808 Batrix, Yorks d.1869 Heightside, Lancs | |||||||||
Thomas HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1845 Slaidburn, Yorks d.1935 Burnley, Lancs | Mary HANSON b.1812 Hollins, Slaidburn, Yorks d.1884 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Walter HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1877 West Derby, Lancs d.1944 Fylde, Lancs | Robert WHITAKER b. Padiham d. I think Waltham USA | ||||||||
Mary WHITAKER b.1846 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1927 Burnley, Lancs | Agnes Unknown b. d. | ||||||||
Margaret Johnson b.1897 d.1986 Ulverston, Cumbria | |||||||||