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1628 English curtail King's powers
1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain
1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland
1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain
1665 Great plague of London
1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced
1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada
1611 Authorized English Bible published
1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia
1618 Beginning of 30 Years War
1534 Henry VIII controls English church
1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia
1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen
1580 Drake completes voyage around world
 John Hooker
 b.1525 Exeter, Devon, England
 d.1601
 Zechariah Hooker
 b.1572
 d.1643 St Michael Carh, England
 Anastasia Bridgeman
 b.1540
 d.         
 Valentine Hooker
 b.1620
 d.1668
 Grace Battishill
 b.1580
 d.1668
 John Hooker
 b.1640
 d.         
 Rebecca Unknown
 b.1615
 d.         




1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1789 French Revolution begins
1798 Irish revolt against English rule
1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1740 War of Austrian Succession begins
1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia
1770 Cook discovers New South Wales
1776 America declares independence
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
 Joseph Hooker
 b.1730
 d.         
 Joseph Hooker
 b.1754
 d.1845
 Mary Coffin
 b.1730
 d.         
 William Jackson Hooker
 b.1785
 d.1865 Richmond, England
 Lydia Vincent
 b.1759
 d.1829
 Joseph Dalton Hooker
 b.1817
 d.1911
 Maria Turner
 b.1797
 d.1872




1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
 William Southern
 b.1864
 d.         
 William Southern
 b.1843 Leigh, England
 d.         
 Sarah Southern
 b.1869 Leigh, England
 d.         
 Mary Southern
 b.1871 Leigh, England
 d.1928 Leigh, England
 
 
 
 Henry Southern
 b.1876 Leigh, England
 d.         
 James Rigby
 b.1815 Leigh, England
 d.         
 
 
 
 Mary Ann Rigby
 b.1844 Leigh, England
 d.         
 Mary Unknown
 b.1822 Bolton, England
 d.         




1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
 
 
 
 Mary Ann Rigby
 b.1844 Leigh, England
 d.         
 James Rigby
 b.1815 Leigh, England
 d.         
 Thomas Rigby
 b.1849 Leigh, England
 d.         
 
 
 
 Ellen Rigby
 b.1852 Leigh, England
 d.         
 Elizabeth Hindle Rigby
 b.1856 Leigh, England
 d.         
 James Rigby
 b.1858 Leigh, England
 d.         
 Mary Unknown
 b.1822 Bolton, England
 d.         




1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat
1830 French Revolution
1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
 
 
 
 James Rigby
 b.1815 Leigh, England
 d.         
 John Rigby
 b.1817 Leigh, England
 d.