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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 HITCHON
 b.1774 Whalley, Lancs
 d.1856 Read, Burnley, Lancs
 Ambrose HITCHON
 b.1813 Whalley, Lancs
 d.1891 Burnley, Lancs
 Elizabeth WILKINSON
 b.          Ribchester, Lancs
 d.1817 Read, Burnley, Lancs
 Amos HITCHON
 b.1851 Whalley, Lancs
 d.1932 Blackpool, Lancs
 Agnes BAMBER
 b.1817 Mearton or Marton
 d.1886 Burnley, Lancs
 Betsey DRIVER
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