| 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states  | 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  | 
![]()  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Richard Sankey Gowlland b.1795 Canterbury, Kent. d.1865 Canonbury, Middsx.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Richard Gowlland b.1823 d.1863 Hackney, London.  |  Louisa Maria Yeames b.1800 Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk. d.  | |||||
![]()  |  Richard Gowlland b.1856 Hackney, Middsx. d.1907 Cosham, Hampshire.  | ![]()  |  John Mayes b.1802 Stanford le Hope, Essex. d.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Louisa Ann Mayes b.1827 Stanford le Hope, Essex. d.  |  Louisa b.1812 Billericay, Essex. d.  | |||||
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![]()  |  Mabel A.B.E.L. Cope b.1857 Austria. d.1936 Lambeth, Surrey.  | |||||||
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