Arabella Voris Franklin
Parents
Ann Eliza Lott
Ann Eliza Lott
1809 - 1891
Spouse
Lyman P Butler
Lyman P Butler
1844 - 1924
Children
Siblings

1845

1845 • In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with fifty midshipmen and seven professors.

1860


Jun 14
Age: 15y
1860 • Austria, Britain, France, Prussia and the Ottoman Empire form a commission to investigate the causes of the massacres of Maronite Christians, committed by Druzes in Lebanon earlier in the year.

1870


Age: 25y
1870 • The "circle of the sun" flag of Japan is adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships by proclamation of the Daijō-kan.

1873


Feb
Age: 28y
1873 • The Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition discovers Franz Josef Land.[http://mapstor.com/news/this-day-in-history/30-08-2013-30thaugust-1873-the-arctic-archipelago-of-franz-josef-land-was-discovered.html This Day in History]. Accessed 22 November 2013.

1875


Age: 30y
1875 • Widespread nationalist rebellion in the Ottoman Empire has resulted in Turkish repression, Russian intervention and Great Power tensions.

1878


Oct
Age: 33y
1878 Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld leaves Karlskrona on a voyage that will make him the first to navigate the Northern Sea Route, a shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Siberian coast.

1880


Age: 35y

1920


Age: 74y
1920 League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.

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