Benjamin Franklin Wilkes
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Jaretta Ann Lowry
Jaretta Ann Lowry
1852 - 1920

1848


Dec 29
1848 Louis Philippe, King of the French, abdicates in favour of his grandson, Philippe, comte de Paris, and flees to England after days of revolution in Paris. The French Second Republic is later proclaimed by Alphonse de Lamartine in the name of the provisional government elected by the Chamber under the pressure of the mob.

1883


Dec
Age: 34y

1886


Apr
Age: 37y

1889


Age: 39y
1889 • A Neapolitan baker named Raffaele Esposito invents the Pizza Margherita, named after the queen consort of Italy Margherita of Savoy. This is the forerunner of the modern pizza.

1924


May 11
Age: 75y

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