| 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 |
![]() | John Heyburn b.1792 Clones, Ireland d.1830 Hobart, Australia | |||||||
| John George Heyburn McGinnis b.1829 Brighton, Australia d.1889 Bendigo, Vic., Australia | ||||||||
| William Heyburn b.1832 Hobart, Australia d.1853 Long Gully, Vic., Australia | ![]() | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | Thomas Mead b. d. | ||||||
![]() | Eleanor Mead b.1798 Surrey, England d.1861 Fletchers Creek, Victoria | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | Mary Unknown b. d. | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | |||||||