1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War 1969 Armstrong first person on moon 1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl | 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 |
Peter HITCHON b.1840 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1887 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Horace HITCHON b.1865 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1911 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs | Susan (or Sarah) HALL b.1844 Newchurch in Pend, Lancs d.1867 Whalley, Lancs | |||||||
James Charles HITCHON b.1893 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1969 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Mary LAYCOCK b.1869 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1955 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||
Gladys HITCHON b. Private d. | ||||||||
Ada HAWORTH b.1897 Read, Burnley, Lancs d.1976 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs | ||||||||