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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
1770 Cook discovers New South Wales
1776 America declares independence
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
1789 French Revolution begins
1798 Irish revolt against English rule
 John HITCHON
 b.1774 Whalley, Lancs
 d.1856 Read, Burnley, Lancs
 Peter HITCHON
 b.1800 Whalley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Elizabeth WILKINSON
 b.          Ribchester, Lancs
 d.1817 Read, Burnley, Lancs
 Peter HITCHON
 b.1878 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1937 Johannesburg, S AFRICA
 Alfred Alston HITCHON
 b.1854 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1932 Fylde, Lancs
 William Graham HITCHON
 b.1879 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1960 Weymouth, Dorset
 Mary ANON
 b.1812 Penrith, Cumbria
 d.          Y/
 Robert HITCHON
 b.1882 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1962 Aucklan, NEW ZEALAND
 Lionel HITCHON
 b.1888 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Cecil HITCHON
 b.1890 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1890 Burnley, Lancs
 Elizabeth BLEZARD
 b.1854 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1890 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Elizabeth HITCHON
 b.1890 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/