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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
 William HITCHON
 b.1828 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1879 Burnley, Lancs
 Martha (or HITCHON
 b.1850 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Ellen (or Helen) ROBINSON
 b.1803 Bradford, Yorks
 d.          Y/
 William Henry HITCHON
 b.1853 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 James Charles HITCHON
 b.1854 Whalley Road, Lancs
 d.1932 Blackburn, Lancs
 Martha ANON
 b.1823 Rainford, St Helens, Lancs
 d.1889 Burnley, Lancs