| 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  | 
![]()  | ![]()  |  William Rainbird b.1758 Ess. d.1838 Kelvedon Hatch, Ess.  | ||||||
![]()  |  Daniel Rainbird b.1795 Kelvedon Hatch, Ess. d.1869 South Weald, Ess.  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Elizabeth Skingley b.1765 Ess. d.1808  | ||||||
|  Mary Rainbird b.1819 South Weald, Ess. d.1848  | ![]()  | |||||||
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![]()  |  Mary Davis b.1788 d.1873 South Weald, Ess.  | |||||||
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