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1700 Britain's american colonies prosper
1707 Union Act unites England/Scotland
1712 Religious warfare in Switzerland
1740 War of Austrian Succession begins
1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia
1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland
1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain
1665 Great plague of London
1666 Great Fire of London
1696 Peter the Great becomes Czar
1611 Authorized English Bible published
1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia
1618 Beginning of 30 Years War
1628 English curtail King's powers
1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain
 James Bury
 b.1719 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.1719 Sandford, Devon, England
 James Bury
 b.1690
 d.         
 John Berry
 b.1721 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 James Bury
 b.1723 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Thomas Elston
 b.1619 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 George Bury
 b.1726 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 John Elston
 b.1654 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Grace Luxton
 b.1615
 d.         
 Robert Bury
 b.1730 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Christian Elston
 b.1691 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Christian Gosse
 b.1655
 d.         




1969 Armstrong first person on moon
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
1989 Berlin wall falls
1991 Persian Gulf War
1991 Break-up of the Soviet Union
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
 Walter Heard
 b.1887 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.1957 Crediton , Devon, England
 Dennis Heard
 b.1918 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.2001 Exeter, Devon, England
 Jessie Ann Turner
 b.1889 Crockernwell or Cheriton 
 d.1975 Winkleigh, England
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Frank Conbeer
 b.1884 Dunsford, England
 d.         
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Florence Jane Smallridge
 b.1889 Dunsford, England
 d.1970 Crediton , Devon, England
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Leonard Eric Wills
 b.1918
 d.2009
 Private 
 b.         
 d.         
 Violet Winnie Webber
 b.1921 Kent, England
 d.1997 Teignmouth, England




1665 Great plague of London
1666 Great Fire of London
1696 Peter the Great becomes Czar
1700 Britain's american colonies prosper
1707 Union Act unites England/Scotland
1618 Beginning of 30 Years War
1628 English curtail King's powers
1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain
1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland
1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain
1580 Drake completes voyage around world
1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced
1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada
1611 Authorized English Bible published
1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia
 Anthony Elston
 b.1588
 d.         
 Thomas Elston
 b.1619 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Thomasyn Bond
 b.1590
 d.         
 Jane Elston
 b.1679 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 John Elston
 b.1654 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 George Elston
 b.1681 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Grace Luxton
 b.1615
 d.         
 Cecille (Sussel) Elston
 b.1684 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Margaret Elston
 b.1686 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 John Elston
 b.1689 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Christian Gosse
 b.1655
 d.         
 Christian Elston
 b.1691 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.         
 Sarah Elston
 b.1694 Sandford, Devon, England
 d.