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 |
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Arthur SHIPMAN b.1871 Barlby, Yorkshire, England d. | ||||||||
Thomas Shipman b.1826 Selby, Yorks d. | ||||||||
Ann SHIPMAN b.1852 Hemingbrough, England d.1942 Bayswat, West.Australia. | George Pocklington b.1793 Birkin, Yorks d.1875 Hemingborough, Yorks | |||||||
Elizabeth Pocklington b.1827 Hemingboroug, Yorkshire d. | Mary Parker b. d. | |||||||