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1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1798 Irish revolt against English rule
1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1830 French Revolution
 Reuben LONGSTAFF
 b.1829 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Margaret A LONGSTAFF
 b.1872 Bolton, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Willie LONGSTAFF
 b.1856 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Peter HITCHON
 b.1795 Whalley, Lancs
 d.1860 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 James LONGSTAFF
 b.1884 Bolton, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Margaret HITCHON
 b.1827 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1907 Bolton-le-Moors, Lancs
 Mary ROBINSON
 b.1795 Pendleton, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Martha LONGSTAFF
 b.1886 Bolton, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Harry LONGSTAFF
 b.1890 Bolton, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Elizabeth ANON
 b.1855 Farnworth, Lancs
 d.          Y/