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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 Oatway
 b.1766 Yarnscombe - Great Torri
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 John Oatway
 b.1797 Yarnscombe - Great Torri
 d.1879 Yarnscombe - Great Torri
 Elizabeth Wollacott
 b.1763 High Bickington, England
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 Anthony Oatway
 b.1842 Yarnscombe - Great Torri
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 Mary Petherbridge
 b.1796 Yarnscombe - Great Torri
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 Elizabeth Jane Kerslake
 b.1845 Yarnscombe - Great Torri
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