Grace Lavinia Clarke
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Parents
James Tidmore Clarke
James Tidmore Clarke
1831 - 1905
Hariette Elizabeth Dewolfe
Hariette E Dewolfe
1836 - 1906
Spouse
Henry Clay Franklin
Henry Clay Franklin
1848 - 1915
Madison Lynn Pyron
Madison Lynn Pyron
1859 - 1920
Children

1859


Oct 27

1860


Age: 1m
1860 • French typesetter Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville sings the French folk song "Au Clair de la Lune" to his phonautograph; producing the world's earliest known sound recording (however, it is not rediscovered until 2008).

1888


Dec 26
Age: 29y
1888 • The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and adjoining territories, is granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd, James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson who are acting on behalf of South African-based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, providing a basis for white settlement of Rhodesia.

1910


Age: 50y
1910 • The Vatican introduces a compulsory oath against modernism, to be taken by all priests upon ordination.

1940


Oct 19
Age: 80y

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