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 |
John Dixon b. d. | ||||||||
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 | |||||||
Emma Lawrence b.1860 Whitgift, Yorks d. | ||||||||
Frances Coulson b.1833 Ousefleet, Yorks d.1919 Goole, Yorks | ||||||||