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 |
Joseph Pocklington b.1798 Birkin, Yorks d.1883 | ||||||||
Charles Pocklington b.1838 Wistow, Yorks. d. | Ann Thomson b. d.1885 Selby, Lincs. | |||||||
Joseph Pocklington b.1873 Guiseboro, Cleveland. d.1918 | ||||||||
William H. Pocklington b.1900 Bishop Auckland. d. | Eliza Fletcher b.1839 Liverpool, Lancs. d.1881 Sunderland. | |||||||
Margaret Pocklington b.1901 Bishop Auckland. d.1901 Bishop Auckland. | ||||||||
Jane Wilkinson b.1881 d. | ||||||||