| 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 |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Joseph Brown b.1820 Lincoln d. | |||||
![]() | ![]() | John Brown b.1854 Lincoln d. | Mary Unknown b. d. | |||||
![]() | John Henry Brown b.1879 Birmingham d. | ![]() | Henry James Brown b.1817 d. | |||||
| Henry Leonard Brown b.1907 Birmingham d.1963 Birmingham | ![]() | Elizabeth Brown b.1850 Birmingham d. | Fanny Skeeley b. d. | |||||
| John Brown b. d. | ![]() | ![]() | George Widows b.1825 d. | |||||
| Ernest Brown b. d. | ![]() | John Widdows b.1846 Churchil, Chipping Norton d. | Elizabeth Unknown b. d. | |||||
![]() | Emily Ann Widdows b.1881 d. | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | Rosanna Unknown b.1854 Birmingham d. | ||||||
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