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

1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia 1770 Cook discovers New South Wales 1776 America declares independence 1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president 1789 French Revolution begins

							Franciscus Slootmans  c.1765 Steenbergen, Netherlands  d.1831 Dinteloord e, Netherlands
				Joannes Slootmans  b.1809 Dinteloord e, Netherlands  d.1879 Steenbergen, Netherlands			Catharina van Est  c.1777 Kruisland-H, Netherlands  d.
			Karel Willem Slootmans  b.1839 Steenbergen, Netherlands  d.1915 Bergen op Z, Netherlands				Carolus de Bruijn  c.1775 Rucphen, Netherlands  d.1856 Steenbergen, Netherlands
				Anna de Bruin  b.1811 Halsteren, Netherlands  d.			Anna Cornelia Smits  b.           d.
				Pieter Bartels  b.           d.
			Johanna Kornelia Bartels  b.1848 Tholen, Netherlands  d.1921
				Jacoba Pieternella van Someren  b.           d.

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