| 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War  | 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I  | 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War  | 
|  Richard William Read b.1858 d.  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  Charles Henry Read b.1860 d.  | ||||||||
|  Walter E Read b.1862 d.  |  Richard Read b.1836 Eng. d.1898 Eng.  | |||||||
|  Alexander Francis Read b.1865 d.1913  | ||||||||
|  Arthur William Read b.1867 d.  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  Ada Jessie Read b.1871 d.1929  | ||||||||
|  Margaret Lilly Read b.1874 d.  |  Mary Henderson b.1836 Eng. d.1918  | |||||||
|  Walter Herbert Read b.1877 d.  | ||||||||
|  Arthur George Read b.1880 d.1944  | ![]()  | |||||||
|  Eliza Mary Read b.1883 d.  | ||||||||