| 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War  | 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I  | 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War  | 
![]()  |  William Spalding b.1824 Fullelby d.1901 Conningsby  | |||||||
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|  Susan Spalding b.1853 Fullelby d.1921 Nottingham, Notts, Eng  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  Ema Spalding b.1860 d.  | ||||||||
![]()  |  Annie Sophia Hildridging b.1823 Skirmblaby d.1908 Coningsby, Lincs, Eng  | |||||||
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