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1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
 William Laurence
 b.1802 Snaith, Yorks
 d.1839 Rawcliffe, Yorks
 Joseph Lawrence
 b.1833 Rawcliffe, Yorks
 d.1895 Whitgift, Yorks
 Mary Pocklington
 b.1801 Doncaster, Yorks
 d.1858 Rawcliffe, Yorks
 George William Lawrence
 b.1858 Ousefleet, Yorks
 d.1939
 Thomas Lawrence
 b.1897
 d.         
 Frances Coulson
 b.1833 Ousefleet, Yorks
 d.1919 Goole, Yorks
 Mary Lawrence
 b.1899
 d.         
 Frank Lawrence
 b.1900
 d.         
 Frances Ellen
 b.         
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