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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
 Arthur Collings
 b.1869 Wolverhampton, Eng
 d.1933 Herne Bay, Auckland, NZ
 Thoroton Pocklington
 b.1791 Hallaton, Leicester, Eng
 d.1837 Wandsworth Clapha, Eng
 William Owen Pocklington
 b.1834 Newgate Market, Eng
 d.1910 Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ
 Sarah Woodward
 b.         
 d.1865 Cross Street, Middsx.
 Maria Pocklington
 b.1867 London, Eng
 d.1924 Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ
 Thomas Allan
 b.         
 d.         
 Martha Mary Ann Allan
 b.1836 England
 d.1907 Eden Terrace, NZ