| 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 |
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![]() | ![]() | William Alderton b.1832 d.1913 Hobart, Tasmania | ||||||
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![]() | ![]() | Emma Johnson Rowland b.1837 Perth, Western Australia d.1863 | Elizabeth Johnson b.1806 d.1892 Donga, Western Australia | |||||
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