♂ Henry Clay Franklin

1848 - 1915

Henry Clay Franklin
Parents
Ann Eliza Lott
Ann Eliza Lott
1809 - 1891
Spouse
Margaret Jane Miller
Margaret Jane Miller
1843 - 1877
Grace Lavinia Clarke
Grace Lavinia Clarke
1859 - 1940
Children
Siblings

1860


Age: 11y
1860 • Spanish victory (under General Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuanat) at the Battle of Tétouan, In the 1880s the first world war began.
about

1861


Oct
Age: 13y

military


West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Henry enrolled as a private in the 97th Regiment, Pennsylvania Voluntary Infantry.
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1861 • The first remains of Archaeopteryx are discovered in Germany.

1865


Age: 16y
1865 • American Civil War: Confederate forces west of the Mississippi River under General Edmund Kirby Smith surrender at Galveston, Texas, becoming the last to do so.

1872


Jan 19
Age: 23y
1872 • A conscription law, modeled on the French version, is issued in Japan.

1875


Age: 26y
Henry Clay Franklin & Margaret Miller - 1875 New York Census

residence


Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ⇓
Living and working in Brooklyn as a Real Estate Agent. Was a boarder with his wife Margaret - living with the Blair's
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1875 Third Carlist War: Two government armies (General Quesada and Martínez Campos) start encroaching on Carlist territory. Both they and their Carlist opponent (Mendiri) drive opposing sympathisers from their homes and burn crops in areas they can not hold. Several Carlist generals (Dorregaray, Savalls, and others) are unjustly put on trial for disloyalty. Mendiri is also removed from his command, and is replaced by the Count of Caserta. Despite having 48 infantry battalions, three cavalry regiments, two engineer battalions, and 100 pieces of artillery at his disposal, Caserta is heavily outnumbered by the government forces opposing him.

1877


Jun 8
Age: 29y

1880


Age: 31y
1880 • The first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia arrives in London aboard the SS Strathleven.

1881


Jan 19
Age: 32y
1881 • The current Cincinnati Reds baseball team plays its first game.

1888


Dec 26
Age: 40y
1888 • The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public in Washington, D.C.

1910


Age: 61y
1910 5 October 1910 revolution in Portugal leading to the flight of King Manuel II of Portugal to England and proclamation of the First Portuguese Republic.

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