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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 Crooke
 b.         
 d.         
 Mary Crooke
 b.1799 Puddington, England
 d.1860 Puddington, England
 John Crooke
 b.1801 Puddington, England
 d.         
 Thomas Crooke
 b.1803 Puddington, England
 d.         
 Mary Maunder
 b.1772
 d.