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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 G. Marsh
 b.         
 d.         
 John Hole Tonkin
 b.          UK
 d.          UK
 Elizabeth Foss Tonkin
 b.1809 Plymouth, Devon, UK
 d.         
 William Foss
 b.1753 Devon, United Kingdom
 d.1817 Devon, United Kingdom
 Elizabeth Foss
 b.1788 Devon, UK
 d.          UK
 Mary Lock
 b.1752 UK
 d.1832 Devon, United Kingdom