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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 Pickett
 b.1794 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.1860 Sandford, Devon, England
 John Pickett
 b.1818 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.1879 Sandford, Devon, England
 Elizabeth Greenslade
 b.1793 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.1850 Sandford, Devon, England
 Harry Pickett
 b.1848 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.1908 Camperdown S, Australia
 John Hookway
 b.1776 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.1847 Sandford, Devon, England
 Kate Pickett
 b.1874 Maidstone, Kent, England
 d.1875 Maidstone, Kent, England
 Eliza Hookway
 b.1812 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.1894 Sandford, Devon, England
 Jane Glanfield
 b.1781 Morchard Bisho, England
 d.1877
 Walter Pickett
 b.1877 St Saviour South, England
 d.1878 St Saviour South, England
 William Gasson
 b.1821 Tonbridge, Kent, England
 d.1866 Maidstone, Kent, England
 Sarah Ann Gasson
 b.1852 Maidstone, Kent, England
 d.         
 Eliza Fancet
 b.1824 Yalding, Kent, England
 d.