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1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
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
 William Henry Fairweather
 b.1855 Modbury, England
 d.1943 Modbury, England
 Henry Fairweather
 b.1889 Slapton, Devon, England
 d.         
 Miriam Willing Fairweather
 b.1890 Slapton, Devon, England
 d.         
 Richard Hurrell
 b.1819 Stokenham, England
 d.1868 Sherford, Devon, England
 Miriam Pearce Hurrell
 b.1853 Sherford, Devon, England
 d.1934 Modbury, England
 Thomas Willing
 b.1791 Loddiswell, England
 d.1862 Loddiswell, England
 Miriam Willing
 b.1820 Loddiswell, England
 d.1885 Loddiswell, England
 Jane Huxham
 b.1799
 d.1873