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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
1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia
1770 Cook discovers New South Wales
1776 America declares independence
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
1789 French Revolution begins
 John Brewer
 b.1751 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Susanna Brewer
 b.1781 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Elizabeth Sowden
 b.1756 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         




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
 John Bowden
 b.1829 Berrynarbor, England
 d.         
 Thomas Bowden
 b.1869 Marwood near B, England
 d.         
 Jane Trick
 b.1834 Marwood near B, England
 d.         
 Frederick Bowden
 b.1892 West Down, England
 d.         
 William Osborn(e)
 b.1840 Shobrooke, England
 d.1908 Crediton , Devon, England
 Esther (Hester) Osborn(e)
 b.1871 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.1952 Bideford, Devon, England
 Susan Francis
 b.1843, Ireland
 d.1928 Morchard Bisho, England
 Beatrice Andrews
 b.1899
 d.         




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
1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia
1770 Cook discovers New South Wales
1776 America declares independence
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
1789 French Revolution begins
1696 Peter the Great becomes Czar
1700 Britain's american colonies prosper
1707 Union Act unites England/Scotland
1712 Religious warfare in Switzerland
1740 War of Austrian Succession begins
 Mathew Wreford
 b.1682
 d.1763
 Matthew Wreford
 b.1712 Morchard Bisho, England
 d.1752 Morchard Bisho, England
 Elizabeth Manley
 b.1686
 d.1757
 Matthew Wreford
 b.1741
 d.1821
 Sarah James
 b.1716 Morchard Bisho, England
 d.1763 Morchard Bisho, England
 William Wreford
 b.1763 Morchard Bisho, England
 d.1821 Morchard Bisho, England
 Mary Wreford
 b.1742 Colebrooke, England
 d.1831




1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia
1770 Cook discovers New South Wales
1776 America declares independence
1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president
1789 French Revolution begins
1696 Peter the Great becomes Czar
1700 Britain's american colonies prosper
1707 Union Act unites England/Scotland
1712 Religious warfare in Switzerland
1740 War of Austrian Succession begins
1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain
1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland
1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain
1665 Great plague of London
1666 Great Fire of London
 Matthew Wreford
 b.1647 Morchard Bisho, England
 d.1698 Morchard Bisho, England
 Mathew Wreford
 b.1682
 d.1763
 Bridget Chidley
 b.1649 Morchard Bisho, England
 d.1729 Morchard Bisho, England
 Matthew Wreford
 b.1712 Morchard Bisho, England
 d.1752 Morchard Bisho, England
 Elizabeth Manley
 b.1686
 d.1757
 Matthew Wreford
 b.1741
 d.1821
 Sarah James
 b.1716 Morchard Bisho, England
 d.1763 Morchard Bisho, England