| 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 |
![]() | William Wood b.1811 Cowick, England d.1889 Hull, E.Yorkshire, England | |||||||
| Sussana Elizabeth Wood b.1838 Stainforth, England d.1932 Hull, E.Yorkshire, England | ||||||||
| Mary A Wood b.1842 Thorne, England d. | ![]() | |||||||
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![]() | Mary Ainley b.1807 Thorne, England d.1880 Sculcoates, England | |||||||
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