1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states

1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy

1798 Irish revolt against English rule 1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution

			Arie Koster  b.           d.
							Cornelis Verweij  b.           d.
				Bastiaan Verweij  b.1792 Sluipwijk, Netherlands  d.1869 Sluipwijk, Netherlands			Pieternella Volbrecht  b.           d.
			Anna Verweij  b.1835 Sluipwijk, Netherlands  d.1922 Bodegraven, Netherlands				Hendrik Koster  b.           d.
				Maartje Koster  b.1799 Sluipwijk, Netherlands  d.1881 Reeuwijk, Netherlands			Jaapje Koster  b.           d.

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