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 | 1770 Cook discovers New South Wales 1776 America declares independence 1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president 1789 French Revolution begins 1798 Irish revolt against English rule |
William Carpenter b.1772 Tiverton, Devon, England d.1845 Tiverton, Devon, England | ||||||||
William Carpenter b.1808 Higher Withleigh - Tivert d.1867 | Elizabeth Clapp b.1777 Cruwys Morchar, England d. | |||||||
John Waller Carpenter b.1850 Tiverton, Devon, England d.1934, Australia | James Waller b.1775 d. | |||||||
Ann Waller b.1811 Woolfardisworth, England d.1882 | Mary Bennet b.1774 Thelbridge, England d. | |||||||
Marion McLean Campbell b.1854 d. | ||||||||