| 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  | 
![]()  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Edward HOWSE b.1799 Weston On The , England d.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Henry Thomas HOWSE b.1830 Birmingham, England d.1898 Haldane, Mossley  |  Ann PULLEY b.1799 Hampton Gay, England d.  | |||||
![]()  |  William H HOWSE b.1854 Warwickshire, England d.1931 Bromsgrove, England  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Ann CHEATLE b.1829 Aston, England d.1903 Dudley, England  | ||||||
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![]()  |  Emmeline Eliza CHAPMAN b.1864 Clifton, England d.1928 Warwickshire, England  | |||||||
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