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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
 Robert HITCHON
 b.1808 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1856 Whalley, Lancs
 William HITCHON
 b.1828 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1879 Burnley, Lancs
 Ellen (or Helen) ROBINSON
 b.1803 Bradford, Yorks
 d.          Y/
 James Charles HITCHON
 b.1854 Whalley Road, Lancs
 d.1932 Blackburn, Lancs
 Eliz. HITCHON
 b.1879 Seaforth, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Martha ANON
 b.1823 Rainford, St Helens, Lancs
 d.1889 Burnley, Lancs
 William Jas. HITCHON
 b.1881 Rishton, Blackburn, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Penelope ANON
 b.1854 Liverpool, Lancs
 d.1892 Burnley, Lancs