1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War 1969 Armstrong first person on moon 1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl | 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 |
John (3) Varley b.1840 Colne d. | Unknown b. d. | |||||||
William Varley b.1843 Carry Heys, Trawden d. | ||||||||
James Varley b.1847 Colne d. | ||||||||
Nancy Varley b.1850 Colne d. | ||||||||
Unknown b. d. | ||||||||