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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
 William Shakesby
 b.1785 Sculcoates, England
 d.         
 Thomas Shakesby
 b.1819 Sculcoates, England
 d.1861
 John Hebblewhite
 b.1765
 d.         
 Jane Hibblewhite
 b.1786 Sculcoates, England
 d.         
 Elizabeth 
 b.1765
 d.         
 William Silverwood
 b.1787 Hull, E.Yorkshire, England
 d.1841
 Harriet Silverwood
 b.1825 Sculcoates, England
 d.1853 Sculcoates, England
 Harriett Hunter
 b.1796 Hull, E.Yorkshire, England
 d.