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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
1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia
1770 Cook discovers New South Wales
1776 America declares independence
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
1789 French Revolution begins
 Arthur IRVINE
 b.1835 Corston, Shetland
 d.1908 Brake of Hillwell, Scotland
 Robert LESLIE
 b.1762 Garthbanks, Scotland
 d.         
 John LESLIE
 b.1799 Garthbanks, Scotland
 d.1851
 Ann BURGESS
 b.1769 Brake of Hillwell, Scotland
 d.         
 Mary LESLIE
 b.1835
 d.1919 Brake of Hillwell, Scotland
 Nicol SINCLAIR
 b.1755
 d.1841
 Mary SINCLAIR
 b.1795 Dunrossness, Scotland
 d.1887 Brake of Hillwell, Scotland
 Margaret HARPER
 b.1757 Skelberry, Scotland
 d.1841