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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
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
 Jo Hakens
 b.1700
 d.         
 John Hawkins
 b.1727 Winterborne Kin, England
 d.         
 
 
 
 Benjamin Hawkins
 b.1757 Winterborne Kin, England
 d.         
 Thomas Little
 b.1709
 d.         
 Eleanor Little
 b.1730 Winterborne Kin, England
 d.         
 Elizabeth Harris
 b.1708 Winterborne Kin, England
 d.         
 Rebecca Lane
 b.1757 Dorset, England
 d.1790




1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on moon
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - 1918 World War I
1922 USSR formed by Soviet states
1939 - 1945 World War II
1854 Crimean War with Russia
1869 Opening of Suez Canal
1871 Franco - Prussian War
1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy
1899 Boer War begins
 George Elston
 b.1843 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Maud Elston
 b.1885 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Sarah Elston
 b.1849 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         




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
 James Burridge
 b.1775 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 John Burridge
 b.1800 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Sarah Underhill
 b.1775 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Hermon Burridge
 b.1864 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.1920 Crediton , Devon, England
 Amelia Nickels
 b.1833 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.         
 Sarah Mary Grace Parker
 b.1868 Crediton , Devon, England
 d.1942 Crediton , Devon, England