1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War | 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I | 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War |
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Richard HAWTHORNTHWAITES b.1907 Darwen, Lancs d.1975 Blackburn, Lancs | Richard HAWTHORNTHWAITES b.1883 Darwen, Lancs d. Y/ | James HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1833 Bolton, Lancs d.1911 Darwen, Lancs | ||||||
Albert HAWTHORNTHWAITES b.1911 Darwen, Lancs d.1911 Darwen, Lancs | Rebecca HAWTHORNTHWAITE b.1860 Darwen, Lancs d. Y/ | Jane GREGSON b.1835 Bolton, Lancs d.1913 Blackburn, Lancs | ||||||
Norah HAWTHORNTHWAITES b.1913 Darwen, Lancs d.2006 Lancs | ||||||||
Arthur HAWTHORNTHWAITES b.1915 Darwen, Lancs d.2000 Denbigh, WALES | ||||||||
Mary BRIGGS b.1882 Darwen, Lancs d.1917 Blackburn, Lancs | ||||||||