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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
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
1789 French Revolution begins
1798 Irish revolt against English rule
1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed
 William HITCHON
 b.1783 Whalley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Robert HITCHON
 b.1808 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1856 Whalley, Lancs
 Elizabeth BRACEWELL
 b.1791
 d.1847
 Thomas HITCHON
 b.1850
 d.          Y/
 Henry HITCHON
 b.1830 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1909 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 James HITCHON
 b.1852
 d.1858
 Ellen (or Helen) ROBINSON
 b.1803 Bradford, Yorks
 d.          Y/
 Robert HITCHON
 b.1859 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1865 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Annie HITCHON
 b.1861 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1930 Southport, Lancs
 William HITCHON
 b.1865 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1926 Blackpool, Lancs
 Ellen ANON
 b.1829 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1893 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs