| 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 |
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![]() | Charles Elmer Rasmussen b.1894 U.S.A d. WW II | |||||||||
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![]() | ![]() | Jón Þorvaldsson b.1821 Stóri-Kroppur, Iceland d.1872 Iceland | ||||||||
![]() | ![]() | Jón Jónsson Reykdal b.1857 Síðumúlasó, Mýrasýsla d.1927 Coldwell, Manitoba | Helga JONSDOTTIR b.1835 Deild, Borgarfjarðarsýsla d.1916 Lundar, Manitoba | |||||||
![]() | Helga Reykdal b.1894 Lundar, Manitoba d.1973 Greenwood, B.C. | ![]() | Finnur Þorkelsson b.1811 Kolbei, Hnappadalssýsla d.1872 | |||||||
![]() | ![]() | Sigríður Finnsdóttir b.1871 Hítarn, Hnappadalssýsla d.1950 | Sesselja Sigurðardóttir b.1834 Kolbei, Hnappadalssýsla d.1901 | |||||||
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