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 |
Peter HITCHON b.1800 Whalley, Lancs d. Y/ | ||||||||
Alfred Alston HITCHON b.1854 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1932 Fylde, Lancs | Mary ANON b.1812 Penrith, Cumbria d. Y/ | |||||||
Peter HITCHON b.1878 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1937 Johannesburg, S AFRICA | ||||||||
Elizabeth BLEZARD b.1854 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1890 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Janet LANG b.1890 SCOTLAND d.1942 Johannesburg, S AFRICA | ||||||||