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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
 Anthony Gill
 b.1750
 d.         
 John Gill
 b.1780 Puddington, England
 d.         
 Joan Were
 b.1750 Sampford Pevere, England
 d.1830 Woolfardisworth, England




1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
 Richard Drew
 b.1823 Colebrooke, England
 d.1888 Sandford, Devon, England
 William Drew
 b.1849 Colebrooke, England
 d.         
 Betsy Snell
 b.1822 Down St Mary, England
 d.1866
 Archibald Drew
 b.1896 Lapford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Elizabeth Nicholls
 b.1851 Meshaw, Devon, England
 d.         
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 
 
 




1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
 Henry Venn
 b.1817 Cruwys Morchar, England
 d.1886 Cheriton Fitzpain, England
 John Venn
 b.1850 Cruwys Morchar, England
 d.1927 Crediton , Devon, England
 Mary Quick
 b.1823 Cruwys Morchar, England
 d.1899 Starcross, Devon, England
 Hubert John Venn
 b.1874 Cheriton Fitzpain, England
 d.1918 Vimy, France
 Hester Collings
 b.1846 Littleham - Exm, England
 d.1903 Crediton , Devon, England
 Rosa Alice Eyles
 b.1877 Exeter, Devon, England
 d.         




1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on moon
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
 William Drew
 b.1849 Colebrooke, England
 d.         
 William John Drew
 b.1875 Nymet Rowland, England
 d.1950
 Elizabeth Nicholls
 b.1851 Meshaw, Devon, England
 d.         
 Reginald Drew
 b.1918 Meldon- Okeha, England
 d.1989 Exeter, Devon, England
 Samuel Cann
 b.1854 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Elizabeth Ann Cann
 b.1876 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Mary Garnsworthy
 b.1859 Stoodleigh, England
 d.         
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Edith Breyley
 b.1918 Sourton, Devon, England
 d.1994 Exeter, Devon, England




1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on moon
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
1989 Berlin wall falls
1991 Persian Gulf War
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
 William John Drew
 b.1875 Nymet Rowland, England
 d.1950
 Reginald Drew
 b.1918 Meldon- Okeha, England
 d.1989 Exeter, Devon, England
 Elizabeth Ann Cann
 b.1876 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Edith Breyley
 b.1918 Sourton, Devon, England
 d.1994 Exeter, Devon, England
 Private 
 b.         
 d.