John Franklin Thornton
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Parents
Sarah Haworth
Sarah Haworth
1828 - 1900
Henry Thornton
Henry Thornton
1831 - 1902
Spouse
Frances Jane Stroud
Frances Jane Stroud
1856 - 1940
Ida May Shepherd
Ida May Shepherd
1865 - 1902
Children
Siblings
William S Thornton
William S Thornton
1865 - 1890

1878


Feb 14
Age: 18y
1878 • Anti-Russian demonstrations occur in Hyde Park, London.

1878


Oct 11
Age: 18y

1882


Oct 29
Age: 22y

marriage


Ida May Shepherd
Missouri, USA ⇓
1882 Ferdinand von Lindemann publishes his proof of the transcendentality of pi.

1884


Feb
Age: 24y

1885


Oct 17
Age: 25y
1885 • The Prussian government, motivated by Otto von Bismarck, expels all ethnic Poles and Jews without German citizenship from Prussia in the Prussian deportations.

1887


Jan 22
Age: 27y

birth of child


Sarah Jane Thornton
Missouri, USA ⇓
1887 • The Giuseppe Verdi opera Otello premieres at La Scala.

1890


Jul
Age: 30y

birth of child


Walter Cyrus Thornton
Missouri, USA ⇓
1890 Death of Vincent van Gogh: van Gogh apparently shoots himself, dying two days later.

1893


Apr 1
Age: 33y
1893 Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.

1895


Nov 23
Age: 35y
1895 In re Debs: The Supreme Court of the United States decides that the federal government has the right to regulate interstate commerce, legalizing the military suppression of the Pullman Strike.

1898


Aug 17
Age: 38y
1898 Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.

1906


Aug 4
Age: 46y

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