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 - 1919 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 |
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Thomas Clarkson Cholerton b.1853 Derby d.1916 | Mary Ann Cholerton b.1825 Derby d. | |||||||
Thomas Cholerton b.1877 Derby d. | Richard Crookes b.1828 Birmingham d.1875 | |||||||
Elizabeth Crookes b.1852 Derby d.1904 | Elizabeth b.1827 d. | |||||||
Edna Cholerton b.1900 Derby d. | ||||||||
Ada Oakley b.1877 Derby d. | ||||||||