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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
1696 Peter the Great becomes Czar
1700 Britain's american colonies prosper
1707 Union Act unites England/Scotland
1712 Religious warfare in Switzerland
1740 War of Austrian Succession begins
 Benjamin Leare
 b.1685
 d.         
 Thomas Leare
 c.1725 Ashburton, England
 d.1788 Bowhay Farm, England
 Johanna Bowden
 c.1685 Ashburton, England
 d.         
 Benjamin Lear
 c.1784 Exminster, England
 d.          Y
 Benjamin Lear
 b.1756 Ashburton, England
 d.1844 Exeter, Devon, England
 Thomas Lear
 b.         
 d.         
 
 
 
 Elizabeth Lear
 c.1778 Exminster, England
 d.          Y
 Alice Lear
 c.1788 Exminster, England
 d.1877 Exeter, Devon, England
 John Lear
 c.1796 Kenn, Devon, England
 d.         
 Elizabeth Chave
 b.1754
 d.1831 Kennford, England