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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
 Robert KNOWLES
 b.         
 d.1899 Bradford, Yorks
 Robert KNOWLES
 b.1887 Salford, Lancs
 d.1917 1914/18 W, BELGIUM
 Martha Ann KNOWLES
 b.1891 Salford, Lancs
 d.1948 Salford, Lancs
 Thomas HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1806 Treales, Preston, Lancs
 d.1889 Preston, Lancs
 Thomas KNOWLES
 b.1893 Salford, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 William HAYTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1834 Wesham, Kirkham, Lancs
 d.          Y/
 Agnes KELLATT
 b.1805
 d.1890 Preston, Lancs
 Sarah Ann HAWTHORNTHWAITE
 b.1865 Kirkham, Lancs
 d.1952
 Martha CARSON
 b.1834 Belfast, N. IRELAND
 d.1888 Salford, Lancs