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1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1798 Irish revolt against English rule
1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1830 French Revolution
1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia
1770 Cook discovers New South Wales
1776 America declares independence
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
1789 French Revolution begins
 John Longstaff HITCHON
 b.1849 Simonstone, Lancs
 d.1935 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Reuben LONGSTAFF
 b.1829 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 William LONGSTAFF
 b.1850 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1856 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Mary Jane LONGSTAFF
 b.1852 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Peter HITCHON
 b.1766 Chipping, Lancs
 d.1849 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Purvis LONGSTAFF
 b.1855 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Peter HITCHON
 b.1795 Whalley, Lancs
 d.1860 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Elizabeth SIMPSON
 b.1772
 d.1847 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Willie LONGSTAFF
 b.1856 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Margaret HITCHON
 b.1827 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1907 Bolton-le-Moors, Lancs
 Mary ROBINSON
 b.1795 Pendleton, Lancs
 d.          Y/