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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
 James SWINDLEHURST
 b.1819 Read, Whalley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Thomas GREENWOOD
 b.1766
 d.          Y/
 John GREENWOOD
 b.1792 Read, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Margaret HITCHON
 b.1768 Longridge, Preston, Lancs
 d.1841
 Elizabeth GREENWOOD
 b.1826 Read, Whalley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 John HAYTHORNWHITE
 b.1775 Salmesbury, Lancs
 d.1845 Blackburn, Lancs
 Elizabeth HAYTHORNWHITE
 b.1796 Great Harwood, Lancs
 d.1870 Great Harwood, Lancs
 Elizabeth RATCLIFFE
 b.1770 Altham, Lancs
 d.1836 Altham, Lancs