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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
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
 Richard HIGGIN
 b.         
 d.          Y/
 anon HIGGIN
 b.         
 d.          Y/
 James HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1808 Batrix, Yorks
 d.1869 Heightside, Lancs
 George HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1837 Dovenanter, Yorks
 d.1904 Higham, Burnley, Lancs
 Mary HANSON
 b.1812 Hollins, Slaidburn, Yorks
 d.1884 Burnley, Lancs
 Mary HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1868 Higham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Ellen ANON
 b.1839 Higham, Burnley, Lancs
 d.1891 Burnley, Lancs