Lavinia Pearce
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1874


Feb 2
1874 Battle of Castellfullit de la Roca (Third Carlist War): Appointed to command the Spanish Republican army in the north, General Ramón Nouvilas attempted to relieve the Carlist siege of Olot in Gerona. But at Castellfullit de la Roca, in one of the Government’s worst defeats, Nouvilas was routed by Carlist General Francisco Savalls, and captured along with about 2,000 of his men. Olot capitulated two days later.

1905


Age: 30y
1905 • Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin in Dublin as a political party whose goal is independence for all of Ireland.

1910


Apr 28
Age: 36y
1910 • The British Ship "Terra Nova" leaves London on its way toward an Antarctic expedition.

1920


Age: 45y
1920 Canonization of Joan of Arc. Over 30,000 people attend the ceremony in Rome, including 140 descendants of Joan of Arc's family. Pope Benedict XV presides over the rite, for which the interior of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is richly decorated.

1930


Apr 2
Age: 56y
1930 • British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden long-range flight resulting in the loss of 48 lives.

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