| 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 |
![]() | John Thomas Evans PEPPERELL b.1838 UK d.1888 Christchurch | |||||||
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![]() | Elizabeth Maria THURBIN b.1835 UK d.1882 Christchurch | |||||||
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