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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
 William Henry SHAW
 b.1872 Penny Bridge, Lancs
 d.1917 Salt Lake City, Ut
 Violet SHAW
 b.1897 Cartmel, Lancs
 d.1985 Salt Lake City, Ut
 Frank SHAW
 b.1899 Cartmel, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 John DOWNHAM
 b.1808 Slaidburn, Yorks
 d.          Y/
 Amy SHAW
 b.1900 Cartmel, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Richard Howson DOWNHAM
 b.1840 Higher Tatham, Lancs
 d.1927 Haslingden, Lancs
 Hannah CARR
 b.1817 Whasset, Westmld
 d.1898 Settle, Yorks
 Margaret Eleanor DOWNHAM
 b.1873 Drigg, Muncaster, Cumb
 d.1956 Salt Lake City, Ut
 Louisa EWINGTON
 b.1847 Digswell, Welwyn, Herts
 d.1927 Blackburn, Lancs