1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins | 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage | 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal |
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Thomas HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1821 Hornby, Lancaster, Lancs d.1888 Lancaster, Lancs | | |||||||
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Mary Ann PROCTER b.1819 Brookhouse, Caton, Lancs d.1891 Lancaster, Lancs | ||||||||