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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
 Ralph Urwin
 b.1820 Durham, England
 d.         
 Edward Hardy
 b.1760 South Shields, England
 d.1819 Jarrow, Durham, England
 John Hardy
 b.1793 Houghton Le Sp, England
 d.1867 South Shields, England
 Mary Dawson
 b.1769 Chaterlaugh, England
 d.1812 South Shields, England
 Maria Hardy
 b.1820 South Shields, England
 d.1879
 Elizabeth Brown
 b.1793 South Shields, England
 d.1879 South Shields, England




1618 Beginning of 30 Years War
1628 English curtail King's powers
1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain
1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland
1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain
1580 Drake completes voyage around world
1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced
1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada
1611 Authorized English Bible published
1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia
1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel
1534 Henry VIII controls English church
1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia
1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen
 John Hicks
 b.1580 Whitburn, England
 d.1631 Whitburn, England
 Elizabeth Hicks
 b.1602 England
 d.1677 England
 Roger Blakiston
 b.1530 Burnopfield, England
 d.1569 Gibside, Durham, England
 George Blakiston
 b.1545 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.1597 Hedley Hill, England
 Elizabeth Marley
 b.1519 Durham, England
 d.1575
 Alice Blaikston
 b.1582 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.1631 Whitburn, England
 Eleanor Swaine
 b.1545 Swaffham, England
 d.1609 Plymouth, Massachusetts




1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced
1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada
1611 Authorized English Bible published
1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia
1618 Beginning of 30 Years War
1534 Henry VIII controls English church
1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia
1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen
1580 Drake completes voyage around world
1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India
1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa
1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel
 Hugh Blakiston
 b.1485 Norton, Durham, England
 d.1565 Newcastle, England
 Roger Blakiston
 b.1530 Burnopfield, England
 d.1569 Gibside, Durham, England
 Eleanor Millot
 b.1486 Durham, England
 d.          England
 Hellenor Blakiston Addisall
 b.1571 Burnopfield, England
 d.          Gibside, Durham, England
 George Blakiston
 b.1545 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.1597 Hedley Hill, England
 Richard Marley
 b.1485 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.         
 Joan Blackiston
 b.1574 Burnopfield, England
 d.         
 Elizabeth Marley
 b.1519 Durham, England
 d.1575
 Anne Tempest
 b.1499 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.         
 Sir William VI Blackiston
 b.1562 Whickham, England
 d.1641 Whickham, England
 Willem Sir Blakiston van Gybsett
 b.1560 Gybsett, Durham
 d.1641 Wickham, Durham
 Alice Blaikston
 b.1582 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.1631 Whitburn, England
 Eleanor Swaine
 b.1545 Swaffham, England
 d.1609 Plymouth, Massachusetts
 Henry Blackiston
 b.1600 Burnopfield, England
 d.1665
 Eleanor Blakiston
 b.1571 1663140, England
 d.         




1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia
1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen
1580 Drake completes voyage around world
1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced
1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada
1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India
1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa
1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel
1534 Henry VIII controls English church
1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type
1453 End of Hundred Years War
1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain
1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
 William Blakiston
 b.1465 Inco Palace, England
 d.1536 Blakiston, England
 Hugh Blakiston
 b.1485 Norton, Durham, England
 d.1565 Newcastle, England
 Anne Conyers
 b.1465 Wynyard, England
 d.1533 Durham, England
 Roger Blakiston
 b.1530 Burnopfield, England
 d.1569 Gibside, Durham, England
 William Blakiston
 b.1553 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.1641 Whickham, England
 Eleanor Millot
 b.1486 Durham, England
 d.          England
 George Blakiston
 b.1545 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.1597 Hedley Hill, England
 John Marley
 b.1460 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.         
 Richard Marley
 b.1485 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.         
 Anne Durham
 b.1463
 d.         
 Elizabeth Marley
 b.1519 Durham, England
 d.1575
 Robert Tempest
 b.1450 Holmside, England
 d.1500 Lambton, England
 Anne Tempest
 b.1499 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.         
 Anne Lambton
 b.1446 Lambton, England
 d.1500 Lambton, England




1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa
1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel
1534 Henry VIII controls English church
1538 Cortes conquers Mexico
1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia
1453 End of Hundred Years War
1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain
1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope
1492 Columbus discovers West Indies
1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India
1406 Florence conquers Pisa
1415 Battle of Agincourt
1427 Portuguese reach the Azores
1434 Medici rules in Florence
1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type
 John Marley
 b.1460 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.         
 Richard Marley
 b.1485 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.         
 Anne Durham
 b.1463
 d.         
 Elizabeth Marley
 b.1519 Durham, England
 d.1575
 Rowland Tempest
 b.1424 Harbottle, England
 d.1467 Harbottle, England
 Robert Tempest
 b.1450 Holmside, England
 d.1500 Lambton, England
 Isabel de Elmeden
 b.1424 Embleton, England
 d.1463 Durham, England
 Anne Tempest
 b.1499 Gibside, Durham, England
 d.         
 Thomas Lambton
 b.1408 Lambton, England
 d.1473 Lambton, England
 Anne Lambton
 b.1446 Lambton, England
 d.1500 Lambton, England
 Elizabeth Unknown
 b.1413 Chester-Le-Str, England
 d.1439 Lambton, England