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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
 Robert HEITMAN
 b.1823 Chelsea, London
 d.1884 Lancaster, Lancs
 Richard Corless HEITMAN
 b.1861 Lancaster, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 William HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1778 Slaidburn, Yorks
 d.1854 Lancaster, Lancs
 Betsy HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1818 Quernmore, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Ellen CORLESS
 b.1773 Over Wyresdale, Lancs
 d.1821 Tarnbrook, Lancs
 Harry HEITMAN
 b.1896 Lancaster, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Margaret DUCKSBURY
 b.1859 Kendal, Cumbria
 d.          Y/