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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
 James HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1793 Skerton, Lancaster, Lancs
 d.1851 Lancaster, Lancs
 Robert HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1836 Lancaster, Lancs
 d.1882 Lancaster, Lancs
 Jane CATON
 b.1794 Lancs
 d.1849 Lancaster, Lancs
 James HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1870 Lancaster, Lancs
 d.1949 Chorley, Lancs
 Mary CRANE
 b.1841 Lancaster, Lancs
 d.1928 Lancaster, Lancs
 Dorothy HAWTHORNTHWAI
 b.1905 Leyland, Preston, Lancs
 d.1984 Preston & South Ri, Lancs
 Margaret BLACKHURST
 b.1869 Preston, Lancs
 d.1940 Chorley, Lancs