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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
 Richard Bennett
 b.1860 Darwen, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 James Henry Bennett
 b.1889 Darwen, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Alice Jane Bennett
 b.1890 Witton, Blackburn, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 David HATHORNTHWAITE
 b.1801 Bolton, Lancs
 d.1849 Bolton, Lancs
 Elizabeth Ann Bennett
 b.1898 Darwen, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 James HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1833 Bolton, Lancs
 d.1911 Darwen, Lancs
 Rebecca KNIGHT
 b.1806 Lancashire
 d.          Y/
 Rebecca HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1860 Darwen, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Jane GREGSON
 b.1835 Bolton, Lancs
 d.1913 Blackburn, Lancs