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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
1770 Cook discovers New South Wales
1776 America declares independence
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
1789 French Revolution begins
1798 Irish revolt against English rule
 John Biscomb
 b.1815 Wistow, Yorks, Eng
 d.         
 Sarah Mary Biscomb
 b.1848 Barlow, Yorks, Eng
 d.1872 Cleckheaton, Yorks, Eng
 William Biscomb
 b.1851 Cliffe, Yorks
 d.         
 Michael Robinson
 b.         
 d.         
 William Robinson
 b.1797 Ryhill, Yorks, Eng
 d.1882 Wressle, Yorks, Eng
 Sarah Webster
 b.         
 d.         
 Ann Robinson
 b.1825 Burn, Yorks, Eng
 d.1883 Wressle, Yorks, Eng
 William Pocklington
 b.1770 Birkin, Yorks
 d.1855 Birkin, Yorks
 Elizabeth Pocklington
 b.1799 Hirst Courtney, Yorks
 d.1866 Kilpin, Yorks, Eng
 Mary Russell
 b.         
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