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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
 John CHRISTIE
 b.1853 Scotland
 d.1902 West Ham, London
 John LESLIE
 b.1799 Garthbanks, Scotland
 d.1851
 James LESLIE
 b.1829 Garthbanks, Scotland
 d.1898 Liverpool, England
 Mary SINCLAIR
 b.1795 Dunrossness, Scotland
 d.1887 Brake of Hillwell, Scotland
 Elizabeth Ann Sinclair LESLIE
 b.1863
 d.1948 Essex, England
 Arthur STOUT
 b.1805 Berlin, Shetland
 d.1851
 Elizabeth STOUT
 b.1835 Lud, Shetland
 d.1903 Liverpool, England
 Margaret INKSTER
 b.1808 Dunrossness, Scotland
 d.1891