1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight 1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage 1914 - 1918 World War I 1922 USSR formed by Soviet states 1939 - 1945 World War II

1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1871 Franco - Prussian War 1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy 1899 Boer War begins

1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed 1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne

							Joannes Slootmans  b.1809 Dinteloord e, Netherlands  d.1879 Steenbergen, Netherlands
				Frederik Willem Pieter Slootmans  b.1858 Steenbergen, Netherlands  d.1915 Oud-Gastel, Netherlands			Anna de Bruin  b.1811 Halsteren, Netherlands  d.
			Cornelis Jacobus Slootmans  b.1889 Oud en Nieu, Netherlands  d.1971				Cornelis Dekkers  b.1822 Etten-Leur, Netherlands  d.
				Helena Dekkers  b.1854 Oud en Nieu, Netherlands  d.          Oud-Gastel, Netherlands			Adriana de Groen  b.1823 Oudenbosch, Netherlands  d.
	Manfred Gerard Slootmans  b.1930 Berlin, Germany  d.2006 Berlin, Germany
			Hedwig Schultz  b.1890 Lomnitz, Poland  d.1962

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