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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
 Peter HITCHON
 b.1766 Chipping, Lancs
 d.1849 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Peter HITCHON
 b.1795 Whalley, Lancs
 d.1860 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 Elizabeth SIMPSON
 b.1772
 d.1847 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 William HITCHON
 b.1829 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1894 Huncoat, Lancs
 William HITCHON
 b.1861 Haslingden, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Mary ROBINSON
 b.1795 Pendleton, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Robert HITCHON
 b.1870 Simonstone, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Henry HITCHON
 b.1874 Haslingden, Lancs
 d.1927 Burnley, Lancs
 Sarah Ann ANON
 b.1842 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1906 Huncoat, Lancs