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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
 John NORRIS
 b.1835 Blackburn, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Rosa NORRIS
 b.1860
 d.          Y/
 George Arthur NORRIS
 b.1863 Darwen, Lancs
 d.1934 Wilpshire, Lancs
 William HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1773 Birkett, Newton, Yorks
 d.1854 Higher Wood Ho, Yorks
 Richard HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1804 Batrix, Yorks
 d.1862 Blackburn, Lancs
 Hannah BRENNAND
 b.1774
 d.1811 Batrix, Yorks
 Hannah HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1834 Low Kettlebeck, Yorks
 d.1909 Darwen, Lancs
 James HANSON
 b.         
 d.          Y/
 Anne HANSON
 b.1804 Hollins, Slaidburn, Yorks
 d.1867 Blackburn, Lancs
 Jane ANON
 b.         
 d.          Y/