1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins | 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 |
Ambrose HITCHON b.1813 Whalley, Lancs d.1891 Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Amos HITCHON b.1851 Whalley, Lancs d.1932 Blackpool, Lancs | Agnes BAMBER b.1817 Mearton or Marton d.1886 Burnley, Lancs | |||||||
James HITCHON b.1880 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1944 Rufford, Ormskirk, Lancs | ||||||||
Nancy SANDIFORD b.1859 Compstall, Cheshire d.1896 Barrowford, Lancs | ||||||||
John Dean HITCHON b.1911 Nelson, Lancs d.1939 Whitchurch, Salop | ||||||||
Mary Emma DEAN b.1873 Colne, Lancs d.1952 Nelson, Lancs | ||||||||