| 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  | 
![]()  |  Thomas Benson b. d.  | |||||||
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![]()  | ![]()  |  John Biscomb b.1815 Wistow, Yorks, Eng d.  | ||||||
![]()  |  Sarah Mary Biscomb b.1848 Barlow, Yorks, Eng d.1872 Cleckheaton, Yorks, Eng  | ![]()  |  William Robinson b.1797 Ryhill, Yorks, Eng d.1882 Wressle, Yorks, Eng  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Ann Robinson b.1825 Burn, Yorks, Eng d.1883 Wressle, Yorks, Eng  |  Elizabeth Pocklington b.1799 Hirst Courtney, Yorks d.1866 Kilpin, Yorks, Eng  | |||||
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