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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
 Robert PALMER
 b.1821 Edinburgh, Scotland
 d.         
 Alexander Scott GEDDES
 b.1794
 d.1861
 Mary Ann GEDDES
 b.1821 Wolverhampton, England
 d.1860 Liverpool, England
 Mary Ann CRADOCK
 b.1800 Wolverhampton, England
 d.1828 Douglas, Isle of Man