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1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
 James Hornby
 b.1803 Sculcoates, England
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 John Hornby
 b.1852 Selby, England
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 William Hornby
 b.1831 Sculcoates, England
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 Elizabeth Hornby
 b.1854 Hull, E.Yorkshire, England
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 Matilda Frost
 b.1807 Sculcoates, England
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 George Hornby
 b.1856 Hull, E.Yorkshire, England
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 Ellen Hornby
 b.1860 Hull, E.Yorkshire, England
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 William Norton
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 Emily Hornby
 b.1864 Hull, E.Yorkshire, England
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 Sarah Norton
 b.1825 St.Mary and St.N, England
 d.1875 Sculcoates, England
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