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 |
George Pickersgill c.1819 Ossett, England d. | David Pickersgill b. d. | |||||||
Joshua Pickersgill b.1822 Yorkshire, England d.1897 Perth, Western, Australia | ||||||||
William Pickersgill b.1823 Ossett, England d. | ||||||||
Edward Pickersgill b.1824 Staincliffe, England d. | ||||||||
Martha Gomersall b. d. | ||||||||