| 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  | 
![]()  | ![]()  |  Peter KNILL b.1827 Chittlehampton, England d.1907 South Molton, England  | ||||||
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![]()  | ![]()  |  Mary HARPER b.1831 Barnstaple, England d.1883 South Molton, England  | ||||||
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![]()  |  Mary MURCH b.1847 South Molton, England d.  | |||||||
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