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 |
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Robert Percy HORNE b.1891 Nelson, Lancs d. Y/ | ||||||||
Robert HORNE b.1840 Burnley, Lancs d. Y/ | ||||||||
Mary Jane HORNE b.1862 d.1893 Burnley, Lancs | James HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1808 Batrix, Yorks d.1869 Heightside, Lancs | |||||||
Jane HAYTHORNTHWAITE b.1839 Dovenanter, Yorks d.1895 Burnley, Lancs | Mary HANSON b.1812 Hollins, Slaidburn, Yorks d.1884 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||