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

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			Jan Michiel Schoumans  b.1834 Merkelbeek, Netherlands  d.
				Joanna Catharina Dohmen  b.           d.
							Antoon Knooren  b.           d.
				Jan Willem Knoren  b.1813 Merkelbeek, Netherlands  d.1882 Voerendaal, Netherlands			Maria Judith Penders  b.           d.
			Johanna Maria Knoren  b.1843 Voerendaal, Netherlands  d.1912 Hoensbroek, Netherlands				Christiaan Spolet  b.           d.
				Johanna Maria Spolet  b.1813 Gulpen, Netherlands  d.1857 Voerendaal, Netherlands			Elisabeth Mertens  b.1770 Wittem-Eijs, Netherlands  d.1852 Voerendaal, Netherlands

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