| 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  | 
![]()  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Joseph Pocklington b.1798 Birkin, Yorks d.1883  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Charles Pocklington b.1838 Wistow, Yorks. d.  |  Ann Thomson b. d.1885 Selby, Lincs.  | |||||
![]()  |  William Henry Pocklington b.1861 Guiseboro, Cleveland. d.1925  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Eliza Fletcher b.1839 Liverpool, Lancs. d.1881 Sunderland.  | ||||||
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![]()  |  Clara Lee b.1861 Staffordshire d.  | |||||||
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