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CATHERINE E. DOWLING 1859-1912
Fathers:PAT,HENRY
CATHERINE E. DOWLING 1859-1912
Fathers:PAT,HENRY
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Search.........Person Gender.........female PAF-ID.........09000015 Age............53y 0m 19d Fam-Group......DEATON Fam-ID.........DOWLING Citizenship....immigrant Status.........deceased Last-Marital...widowed |
#Marriages.....2 #Divorces......0 #Sources.......9 #Events........1 #Images:.......37 #Comments......2 #Siblings......0 #Children......1 |
Person-Type....A Immigrant?.....immigrant Immig-Known?...immigrant Parent?........mother Spouse?........wife Sibling?.......sister Child?.........daughter Twin...........no Adopted?....... |
Title(s)....... Ancestor.......ancestor RelatedToMe....great grandparents Gen-#..........04 Ahn-#..........00000000015 Religion.......Catholic PoliticParty... Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair. Burial.........Calvary Cemetery section A division 3, unmarked |
Parents and Siblings
- Parent: PAT DOWLING, male, born:1838 Ireland, died:1860-1920 (22y 0m 0d) ?Ireland, Anc:1, Dad:HENRY DOWLING, Mom:ALICIA COMPTON, #M:1, #SrcDocs:1
- Parent: Mrs. {_?_} DOWLING, female, born:1840 ?Ireland, died:1860-1920 (20y 0m 0d) ?Ireland, Anc:1, #M:1, #SrcDocs:1
Spouse(s) and Children
- Marriage: 1891-10-07 Memphis (Shelby) Tennessee
- Spouse: JOHN P. CAREY, male, born:1868 Ireland, died:1893-06-02 (25y 5m 1d) Memphis (Shelby) Tennessee, Anc:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:8
- ..Child: ANNA MAE CAREY, female, born:1891-10-27 Memphis (Shelby) Tennessee, died:1953-09-20 (61y 10m 24d) Memphis (Shelby) Tennessee, Anc:1, Dad:JOHN P. CAREY, Mom:CATHERINE E. DOWLING, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:3
Events
Birth: 1859-06 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Bray, Wicklow county, Ireland
Baptism: 1859-10-11, Age:53y 0m 19d, Bray, Wicklow county, Ireland, Role:baptized, ImageID: D__0281
Census: 1870 , Age:53y 0m 19d, New York Flat, _____ county, New York, Role:census federal, 1870 census for New York City. Family of a Patrick Dowling age 32 laborer born in Ireland. Wife Margaret age 28 born Ireland, son John age 7 born England (?), daughter Mary A. age 5 born New York, son Michael age 2 born New York, daughter Margaret age 3 months born New York. Living next door, per the census, is a James Dowling age 21 born Ireland and next door to his household is Richard Grogan age 40 and wife Bridget age 35 and their children Mary and Joseph. Of note is that ancestor Patrick Dowling had a daughter Catherine that was first married to a Mr. Grogan., ImageID: D__0168
Immigrate: 1874 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Ireland, Role:immigrant
Married: 1877-12-19, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Official:J.A. Kelly, priest, Role:standalone, On page 8 of the Oct.07, 1891 edition of the Memphis Appeal-Avalanche newspaper appeared an article of marriage licenses granted to several couples including John Carey and Mrs. Katie E. Grogan (aka. Katherine Dowling, she then being the widow of Mr. Grogan)., ImageID: D__0169,D__0170
Census: 1880 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Role:census federal, In St Louis, Missouri, Katie Carey [probably not the ancestor] born Ireland as were parents
Marry-intent: 1891-10-07, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:fiancee, On page 8 of the Oct.07, 1891 edition of the Memphis Appeal-Avalanche newspaper appeared an article of marriage licenses granted to several couples including John Carey and Mrs. Katie E. Grogan (aka. Katherine Dowling, she then being the widow of Mr. Grogan)., ImageID: D__0234
Married: 1891-10-07, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:bride, On page 8 of the Oct.07, 1891 edition of the Memphis Appeal-Avalanche newspaper appeared an article of marriage licenses granted to several couples including John Carey and Mrs. Katie E. Grogan (aka. Katherine Dowling, she then being the widow of Mr. Grogan)., ImageID: D__0234,D__0115
Job: 1893-1905, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:owner, Kate and her husband John apparently owned a grocery store that was at the southwest corner of Wlanut and Spring Streets. They lived in the back portion of the store. It was at this store on June 02, 1893 that a quite ill John died after falling out the window. Kate witnessed the fall. [see image D__0426 for the newspaper story which had a couple of facts incorrect such as him being age 35 instead of age 25, and, they not having any children (Kate had one by a previous marriage and Kate and John had daughter Anna Mae)., ImageID: D__0432,D__0433,D__0434,D__0435
Census: 1900 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, Kate b.06-__-1859 in Ireland as were both parents, widow, mother of 5 of which 2 were still living, immigrated to US in 1876 renting house at 14 Walnut, Julia b.03-__-1883 TN father b.OH mother b.Ireland, Annie M b.10-__-1891 TN father b.OH mother b.Ireland
Census: 1900 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, 1900 census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Catherine (Dowling) Carey age 40 born Jun.1859 in Ireland as were her parents, two daughters Julia age 17 born Mar.1883 Tennessee father born Ohio [sic?] and mother born Indiana, and, Annie M. age 5 born Oct. 1891 in Tennessee father born Ohio and mother born Indiana, ImageID: D__0073
Census: 1910 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, William Kuhn age 33 b.TN m.1904 locomotive engineer father b.Germany mother b. Ireland [see image D__0443], Julia age 25 b.TN father b.Iowa mother b.Ireland [see images D__0433, D__0433,D__0445,D__0446], Edward age 5 b.TN, Jessie L age 3 b.TN, Katherine age 1 b.TN, Kate Carey age 49 b.Ireland as were both her parents, mother of 6 of which 2 were still living with her son-in-law, Annie M age 18 b.TN chocolate dipper in chocolate factory, ImageID: D__0280
Obit: 1912-06-12, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, The same article appeared in the same newspaper the next day, June 22, and again on page 7., ImageID: D__0424,D__0447
Death: 1912-06-20, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Father was Pat Dowling per the informant of her death certificate, no name given for her mother, ImageID: D__0072
Burial: 1912-06-22, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Calvary Cemetery, section A division 3, unmarked, Catherine is buried in an unmarked grave in the "Grogan Lot", section A division 3 lot part 5. The name "Hawkins" is associated there too since the "owner" of the section is called "Carey and Hawkins". An Edward Grogan is buried in the section in 1878. Others: Julia Grogan 1875, Willie Buckley 1880, Edward Brawlly 1879, Samuel Ingram Scott 1932. Also this is a part of lot 9., ImageID: D__0071
Church: Age:53y 0m 19d, Catholic
Will-proven: ?, Age:53y 0m 19d, Role:standalone, The Shelby county Tennessee county clerk office reports they are unable to find a will for Katherine Kate Carey.
Birth: 1859-06 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Bray, Wicklow county, Ireland
Baptism: 1859-10-11, Age:53y 0m 19d, Bray, Wicklow county, Ireland, Role:baptized, ImageID: D__0281
Census: 1870 , Age:53y 0m 19d, New York Flat, _____ county, New York, Role:census federal, 1870 census for New York City. Family of a Patrick Dowling age 32 laborer born in Ireland. Wife Margaret age 28 born Ireland, son John age 7 born England (?), daughter Mary A. age 5 born New York, son Michael age 2 born New York, daughter Margaret age 3 months born New York. Living next door, per the census, is a James Dowling age 21 born Ireland and next door to his household is Richard Grogan age 40 and wife Bridget age 35 and their children Mary and Joseph. Of note is that ancestor Patrick Dowling had a daughter Catherine that was first married to a Mr. Grogan., ImageID: D__0168
Immigrate: 1874 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Ireland, Role:immigrant
Married: 1877-12-19, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Official:J.A. Kelly, priest, Role:standalone, On page 8 of the Oct.07, 1891 edition of the Memphis Appeal-Avalanche newspaper appeared an article of marriage licenses granted to several couples including John Carey and Mrs. Katie E. Grogan (aka. Katherine Dowling, she then being the widow of Mr. Grogan)., ImageID: D__0169,D__0170
Census: 1880 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Role:census federal, In St Louis, Missouri, Katie Carey [probably not the ancestor] born Ireland as were parents
Marry-intent: 1891-10-07, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:fiancee, On page 8 of the Oct.07, 1891 edition of the Memphis Appeal-Avalanche newspaper appeared an article of marriage licenses granted to several couples including John Carey and Mrs. Katie E. Grogan (aka. Katherine Dowling, she then being the widow of Mr. Grogan)., ImageID: D__0234
Married: 1891-10-07, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:bride, On page 8 of the Oct.07, 1891 edition of the Memphis Appeal-Avalanche newspaper appeared an article of marriage licenses granted to several couples including John Carey and Mrs. Katie E. Grogan (aka. Katherine Dowling, she then being the widow of Mr. Grogan)., ImageID: D__0234,D__0115
Job: 1893-1905, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:owner, Kate and her husband John apparently owned a grocery store that was at the southwest corner of Wlanut and Spring Streets. They lived in the back portion of the store. It was at this store on June 02, 1893 that a quite ill John died after falling out the window. Kate witnessed the fall. [see image D__0426 for the newspaper story which had a couple of facts incorrect such as him being age 35 instead of age 25, and, they not having any children (Kate had one by a previous marriage and Kate and John had daughter Anna Mae)., ImageID: D__0432,D__0433,D__0434,D__0435
Census: 1900 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, Kate b.06-__-1859 in Ireland as were both parents, widow, mother of 5 of which 2 were still living, immigrated to US in 1876 renting house at 14 Walnut, Julia b.03-__-1883 TN father b.OH mother b.Ireland, Annie M b.10-__-1891 TN father b.OH mother b.Ireland
Census: 1900 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, 1900 census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Catherine (Dowling) Carey age 40 born Jun.1859 in Ireland as were her parents, two daughters Julia age 17 born Mar.1883 Tennessee father born Ohio [sic?] and mother born Indiana, and, Annie M. age 5 born Oct. 1891 in Tennessee father born Ohio and mother born Indiana, ImageID: D__0073
Census: 1910 , Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, William Kuhn age 33 b.TN m.1904 locomotive engineer father b.Germany mother b. Ireland [see image D__0443], Julia age 25 b.TN father b.Iowa mother b.Ireland [see images D__0433, D__0433,D__0445,D__0446], Edward age 5 b.TN, Jessie L age 3 b.TN, Katherine age 1 b.TN, Kate Carey age 49 b.Ireland as were both her parents, mother of 6 of which 2 were still living with her son-in-law, Annie M age 18 b.TN chocolate dipper in chocolate factory, ImageID: D__0280
Obit: 1912-06-12, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, The same article appeared in the same newspaper the next day, June 22, and again on page 7., ImageID: D__0424,D__0447
Death: 1912-06-20, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Father was Pat Dowling per the informant of her death certificate, no name given for her mother, ImageID: D__0072
Burial: 1912-06-22, Age:53y 0m 19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Calvary Cemetery, section A division 3, unmarked, Catherine is buried in an unmarked grave in the "Grogan Lot", section A division 3 lot part 5. The name "Hawkins" is associated there too since the "owner" of the section is called "Carey and Hawkins". An Edward Grogan is buried in the section in 1878. Others: Julia Grogan 1875, Willie Buckley 1880, Edward Brawlly 1879, Samuel Ingram Scott 1932. Also this is a part of lot 9., ImageID: D__0071
Church: Age:53y 0m 19d, Catholic
Will-proven: ?, Age:53y 0m 19d, Role:standalone, The Shelby county Tennessee county clerk office reports they are unable to find a will for Katherine Kate Carey.
General
Catherine was twice widowed in a span of ten years · · A chart or diagram followed by some official documents that help show how the Grogans and Kuhns and Careys are related to the Deatons. It is all through Catherine (Dowling) (Grogan) Carey who was the mother of Anna Mae (Carey) Deaton. This also helps explain how Utica (Oneida county) New York ties into the Carey-Deaton family. · · Catherine Dowling and John Carey as listed as the parents of groom John Carey (who is marrying Mrs. Elizabeth Ritter) of Buffalo, Utica, New York 1912. This is likely not a child of the ancestors since this child was born years before Catherine and John married.
Catherine's granddaughter Addie Linda thought that Catherine's maiden name was DAUGHLING [actually, DOWLING]. She also said that Catherine had a sister that lived in New York, possibly Utica [see below for more]. Catherine, according to her granddaughter Kathryn Kuhn Henson, was from Cork county Ireland. Kathryn said that whenever she would ask her mother, Julia Theresa, about her mother Catherine, Julia would reply that Catherine did not talk much about her ancestors. But Julia did · remember her mother saying that she, Catherine, would walk along the seashore in Cork county with her governess. Kathryn did not know why Catherine came to America. Kathryn remembers her mother, Julia, telling her that her mother, Catherine, told her that two brothers with the surname of Grogan, one being the first husband of Catherine, came to America and eventually to Memphis and they married sisters. Kathryn had an old copy of an obituary of Catherine Carey dated Oct.18, 1983 in · Memphis. She quoted it word for word. It said that Catherine was at the home of her son-in-law, William Kuhn, when she died at age 50 on 06-20-1912 in Memphis. Funeral services were to be held at St. Patrick's Church. The article said for the South Bend (St. Joseph) Indiana and Utica (Oneida) New York newspapers to copy. Kathryn did not know why Utica was mentioned [likely because her son, John Carey Jr., was married in Utica in 1912] but that South Bend was mentioned because Jack · Carey had family in that area. Kathryn said that the Augustine family there were relatives of Jack's. Pat (Deaton) Wilson remembers that her oldest brother, Charles, made trips to South Bend often to visit the relatives that lived there. Pat was uncertain how they were related. She also remembers the Gilliam family was there and that they worked for the Studebaker car company.
Research
TO FIND: Parents (minimally, her mother since her father may be Pat), Ancestors (likely all in Ireland), specific birth date/place since what is known came from U.S. census records
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D__0072 - Death Certificate of Catherine (Dowling) Carey
D__0073 - 1900 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Catherine (Dowling) Carey
D__0103 - Marriage of John Carey Jr., son of Catherine Dowling and John Carey
D__0110 - Death of Alice Carey, Daughter of John and Catherine Carey
D__0111 - Birth of Alice Carey, Daughter John Carey and Kate Fitzgerald
D__0112 - Birth of Helen Carey, Daughter of John Carey and Katie Fitzgerald
D__0113 - 1880 Census for St Louis, Missouri with Katie Carey
D__0114 - Birth of Margaret C. Cassey, Daughter of John Carey and Kate Fitzgerald
D__0115 - Marriage of John Carey and Kate Fitzgerald
D__0116 - Marriage of Arthur Carey Son of John and Catherine Carey
D__0117 - William Carey Birth, Parents John Carey and Kate Fitzgerald
D__0162 - 1920 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Charles Deaton Family
D__0169 - Marriage of Catherine Dowling and Edward Grogan
D__0170 - Marriage of Catherine Dowling and Edward Grogan
D__0171 - Birth in Ireland of John Carey Jr. to John Carey Sr. and Kate Sweeney Carey
D__0172 - Death Certificate of Julia Kuhn, Daughter of Catherine (Dowling) Carey
D__0234 - Newspaper Notice of Marriage License for John Carey and Katherine Dowling
D__0280 - 1910 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, with Kate Carey with Kuhns
D__0281 - Baptism of a Catherine Dowling in Kerry county Ireland
D__0424 - Obituary of Catherine (Dowling) (Grogan) Carey
D__0425 - Marriage Announcement of Marriage of Anna M. Carey to Charles F. Deaton
D__0432 - City Directory 1894 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0433 - City Directory 1895 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0434 - City Directory 1896 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0435 - City Directory 1897 Degaris of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0436 - City Directory 1899 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0437 - City Directory 1900 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0438 - City Directory 1901 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0439 - City Directory 1902 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0440 - City Directory 1903 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0441 - City Directory 1904 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0444 - City Directory 1905 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0445 - City Directory 1910 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0446 - City Directory 1912 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0447 - City Directory 1913 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
Z__0005 - Map of Counties of Ireland
Z__0024 - Map of Counties of Tennessee
D__0072 - Death Certificate of Catherine (Dowling) Carey
D__0073 - 1900 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Catherine (Dowling) Carey
D__0103 - Marriage of John Carey Jr., son of Catherine Dowling and John Carey
D__0110 - Death of Alice Carey, Daughter of John and Catherine Carey
D__0111 - Birth of Alice Carey, Daughter John Carey and Kate Fitzgerald
D__0112 - Birth of Helen Carey, Daughter of John Carey and Katie Fitzgerald
D__0113 - 1880 Census for St Louis, Missouri with Katie Carey
D__0114 - Birth of Margaret C. Cassey, Daughter of John Carey and Kate Fitzgerald
D__0115 - Marriage of John Carey and Kate Fitzgerald
D__0116 - Marriage of Arthur Carey Son of John and Catherine Carey
D__0117 - William Carey Birth, Parents John Carey and Kate Fitzgerald
D__0162 - 1920 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Charles Deaton Family
D__0169 - Marriage of Catherine Dowling and Edward Grogan
D__0170 - Marriage of Catherine Dowling and Edward Grogan
D__0171 - Birth in Ireland of John Carey Jr. to John Carey Sr. and Kate Sweeney Carey
D__0172 - Death Certificate of Julia Kuhn, Daughter of Catherine (Dowling) Carey
D__0234 - Newspaper Notice of Marriage License for John Carey and Katherine Dowling
D__0280 - 1910 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, with Kate Carey with Kuhns
D__0281 - Baptism of a Catherine Dowling in Kerry county Ireland
D__0424 - Obituary of Catherine (Dowling) (Grogan) Carey
D__0425 - Marriage Announcement of Marriage of Anna M. Carey to Charles F. Deaton
D__0432 - City Directory 1894 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0433 - City Directory 1895 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0434 - City Directory 1896 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0435 - City Directory 1897 Degaris of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0436 - City Directory 1899 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0437 - City Directory 1900 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0438 - City Directory 1901 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0439 - City Directory 1902 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0440 - City Directory 1903 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0441 - City Directory 1904 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0444 - City Directory 1905 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0445 - City Directory 1910 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0446 - City Directory 1912 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
D__0447 - City Directory 1913 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Careys
Z__0005 - Map of Counties of Ireland
Z__0024 - Map of Counties of Tennessee
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1859: England - Charles Darwin publishes "The Origin of Species", It is a work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, Its full title is "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life", It presents a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution and Includes evidence Darwin gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings
1861-1865: United States - American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1861-1867: France, Mexico - French Intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire, ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico
1861: Russia - Russia abolishes serfdom
1862-1877: China - Muslim Rebellion in northwest China
1863-1865: Poland, Russia - Polish uprising against the Russian Empire
1863: Iraq - Baha u llah declares His station as "He whom God shall make manifest", this date is celebrated in the Baha I Faith as The Festival of Ridvan
1863: Switzerland - Formation of the International Red Cross is followed by the adoption of the First Geneva Convention in 1864
1864-1866: Peru, Chile, Spain - The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain Its South American colonies in Peru and Cile
1864-1870: Paraguay - The War of the Triple Alliance ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population
1865-1877: United States - Reconstruction in the United States, slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1865: United States - April 14, 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance at Fords Theater, Washington, D.C., he dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15, 1865
1865: United States - April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War
1866-1868: Finland - Famine in Finland
1866-1869: Japan - After the Meiji Restoration, Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization
1866: England, United States - Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858 by Cyrus West Field, the first cable used for telegraph communications laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean crosees from the Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Hearts Content in eastern Newfoundland, messages that took at least ten days to deliver by ship now took only minutes
1866: Germany, Austria - Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy
1867: Canada - Canadian Confederation formed
1867: Serbia, Turkey - The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines Its Independence from the Ottoman Empire, International recognition followed in 1878
1867: United States, Russia - The United States purchased Alaska from Russia
1868: United States - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was approved
1868: United States - The Expatriation Act is approved by Congress, guaranteeing U.S. citizens the right to expatriate, coupled with the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution approved only one day later, the Expatriation Act allows U.S. citizens to renounce federal citizenship in order to regain Constitutional rights ceded by U.S. citizens as defined by the 14th Amendment
1869: Egypt - The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea
1869: United States - First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10
1870-1871: France, Germany, Italy - The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy, the collapse of the Second French Empire, the breakdown of Pax Britannica, and the emergence of a New Imperialism
1870s-1890s: Europe, United States - Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1871-1872: Iran - Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of two million
1871-1914: Europe, United States - Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, a phase of the larger Industrial Revolution in the period from the last half of the 19th century until about the time of World War I
1872: United States - Yellowstone National Park is created
1873: England - James Clerk Maxwell publishes "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism", a set of four partial differential equations describing how the electric and magnetic fields relate to their sources, charge density and current density, and how they develop with time
1874-1875: Spain - First Republic in Spain
1874: France - The Societe Anonyme Cooperative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, and Graveurs, better known today as the Impressionists organize and present their first public group exhibition at the Paris studio of the photographer Nadar
1874: India, England - The British East India Company is dissolved
1875-1900: India - 26 million in India perish due to famine
1876-1879: China - 13 million die of famine in northern China
1876-1914: United States - The massive expansion in population, territory, Industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age
1876: Bulgaria - The Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike
1878: United States - First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut
1879-1883: Chile, Peru, Bolivia - Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific
1879: South Africa - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902
1859: England - Charles Darwin publishes "The Origin of Species", It is a work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, Its full title is "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life", It presents a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution and Includes evidence Darwin gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings
1861-1865: United States - American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1861-1867: France, Mexico - French Intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire, ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico
1861: Russia - Russia abolishes serfdom
1862-1877: China - Muslim Rebellion in northwest China
1863-1865: Poland, Russia - Polish uprising against the Russian Empire
1863: Iraq - Baha u llah declares His station as "He whom God shall make manifest", this date is celebrated in the Baha I Faith as The Festival of Ridvan
1863: Switzerland - Formation of the International Red Cross is followed by the adoption of the First Geneva Convention in 1864
1864-1866: Peru, Chile, Spain - The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain Its South American colonies in Peru and Cile
1864-1870: Paraguay - The War of the Triple Alliance ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population
1865-1877: United States - Reconstruction in the United States, slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1865: United States - April 14, 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance at Fords Theater, Washington, D.C., he dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15, 1865
1865: United States - April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War
1866-1868: Finland - Famine in Finland
1866-1869: Japan - After the Meiji Restoration, Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization
1866: England, United States - Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858 by Cyrus West Field, the first cable used for telegraph communications laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean crosees from the Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Hearts Content in eastern Newfoundland, messages that took at least ten days to deliver by ship now took only minutes
1866: Germany, Austria - Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy
1867: Canada - Canadian Confederation formed
1867: Serbia, Turkey - The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines Its Independence from the Ottoman Empire, International recognition followed in 1878
1867: United States, Russia - The United States purchased Alaska from Russia
1868: United States - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was approved
1868: United States - The Expatriation Act is approved by Congress, guaranteeing U.S. citizens the right to expatriate, coupled with the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution approved only one day later, the Expatriation Act allows U.S. citizens to renounce federal citizenship in order to regain Constitutional rights ceded by U.S. citizens as defined by the 14th Amendment
1869: Egypt - The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea
1869: United States - First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10
1870-1871: France, Germany, Italy - The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy, the collapse of the Second French Empire, the breakdown of Pax Britannica, and the emergence of a New Imperialism
1870s-1890s: Europe, United States - Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1871-1872: Iran - Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of two million
1871-1914: Europe, United States - Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, a phase of the larger Industrial Revolution in the period from the last half of the 19th century until about the time of World War I
1872: United States - Yellowstone National Park is created
1873: England - James Clerk Maxwell publishes "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism", a set of four partial differential equations describing how the electric and magnetic fields relate to their sources, charge density and current density, and how they develop with time
1874-1875: Spain - First Republic in Spain
1874: France - The Societe Anonyme Cooperative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, and Graveurs, better known today as the Impressionists organize and present their first public group exhibition at the Paris studio of the photographer Nadar
1874: India, England - The British East India Company is dissolved
1875-1900: India - 26 million in India perish due to famine
1876-1879: China - 13 million die of famine in northern China
1876-1914: United States - The massive expansion in population, territory, Industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age
1876: Bulgaria - The Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike
1878: United States - First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut
1879-1883: Chile, Peru, Bolivia - Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific
1879: South Africa - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902