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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Miles HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1885 Preston, Lancs d.1945 Burnley, Lancs | Henry HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1827 Alston, Longridge, Lancs d.1901 Preston, Lancs | |||||||
Ellen HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1863 Alston, Longridge, Lancs d.1936 Amounderness, Lancs | Mary Ann BLACKBURN b.1841 Caton, Lancs d.1900 Preston, Lancs | |||||||
Louisa MARSDEN b.1899 Stockport, Cheshire d.1975 Burnley & Pendle, Lancs | ||||||||