1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II

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

			Simon Edelman  b.1865 Zwammerda, Netherlands  d.
							Jan Plak  b.           d.
				Jacob Plak  b.1834 Zwammerda, Netherlands  d.1898 Reeuwijk, Netherlands			Willemijntje de Knegt  b.           d.
			Willemijntje Plak  b.1870 Reeuwijk, Netherlands  d.				Gerrit van Vliet  b.1808 Mijdrecht, Netherlands  d.1878 Reeuwijk, Netherlands
				Trijntje van Vliet  b.1838 Reeuwijk, Netherlands  d.1900 Reeuwijk, Netherlands			Elisabeth de Knikker  b.1801 Reeuwijk, Netherlands  d.

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