1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II 1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima) 1950 Korean War begins

1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins 1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage

1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal

				Gerrit van der Laan  b.           d.
			Hendrik van der Laan  b.1872 Zwammerda, Netherlands  d.
				Aaltje Edelman  b.           d.
							Gerrit van Dijk  b.1817 Sluipwijk, Netherlands  d.1884 Reeuwijk, Netherlands
				Huig van Dijk  b.1839 Sluipwijk, Netherlands  d.1929 Reeuwijk, Netherlands			Grietje van der Starre  b.1815 Hazerswoud, Netherlands  d.1899 Reeuwijk, Netherlands
			Aafje van Dijk  b.1877 Reeuwijk, Netherlands  d.				Arie Perdijk  b.1823 Sluipwijk, Netherlands  d.1875 Reeuwijk, Netherlands
				Aafje Perdijk  b.1844 Sluipwijk, Netherlands  d.1929 Reeuwijk, Netherlands			Pietertje Verweij  b.1821 Sluipwijk, Netherlands  d.1895 Reeuwijk, Netherlands

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