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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
 John Duffield
 b.1776 Exeter D, United Kingdom
 d.1821 Devonp, United Kingdom
 John Hole Duffield
 b.1797 United Kingdom
 d.1859 Frema, Western Australia
 Lydia Bidgood
 b.1775
 d.1839 Devonp, United Kingdom