Name Info
MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON 1810-1886
Fathers:MATHEW,JAMES,WILLIAM
Matthew and Keziah gave some unusual middle names to their eight sons. Some are for last names of their ancestors: Hildebrand, Shultz and Lawrence. That means that the other five middle names could also be ancestral last names. Stitt is one since there was a Stitt family in Huntingdon county and a female named Eliza Stitt was living with Keziah's parents per the 1850 census (and with the Hildebrands per the 1860 census) as was their son Matthew Durbin Wilson. Thus, other ancestors yet [in 2022] to be discovered include: Magee, Durbin, Herbert and Eberman.
From that, the 1810 census has:
Stitt, R., Alexandria (Huntingdon) PA males 2-4-1-0-1 females 1-1-0-1-0-1 and 8 names down from him is J. Wilson 1-1-0-0-1 0-0-1-0-1
Magee has two in Sussex county DE and one in Prince George's MD: Peter, David and Jesse
Durbin is not a last name found in 1810 census
Herbert, John C., Prince George's county MD males 2-0-2-1-0 females 1-0-1-0-0-0 Wilson and on the same page are (?)Annis Wilson, Stephen Wilson and Thomas
MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON 1810-1886
Fathers:MATHEW,JAMES,WILLIAM
Matthew and Keziah gave some unusual middle names to their eight sons. Some are for last names of their ancestors: Hildebrand, Shultz and Lawrence. That means that the other five middle names could also be ancestral last names. Stitt is one since there was a Stitt family in Huntingdon county and a female named Eliza Stitt was living with Keziah's parents per the 1850 census (and with the Hildebrands per the 1860 census) as was their son Matthew Durbin Wilson. Thus, other ancestors yet [in 2022] to be discovered include: Magee, Durbin, Herbert and Eberman.
From that, the 1810 census has:
Stitt, R., Alexandria (Huntingdon) PA males 2-4-1-0-1 females 1-1-0-1-0-1 and 8 names down from him is J. Wilson 1-1-0-0-1 0-0-1-0-1
Magee has two in Sussex county DE and one in Prince George's MD: Peter, David and Jesse
Durbin is not a last name found in 1810 census
Herbert, John C., Prince George's county MD males 2-0-2-1-0 females 1-0-1-0-0-0 Wilson and on the same page are (?)Annis Wilson, Stephen Wilson and Thomas
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Parents and Siblings
- Parent: MATHEW WILSON, male, born:1777-01-14 Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1864-12-28 (87y 11m 14d) Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, Anc:1, Dad:JAMES WILSON, Mom:{_?_} WILSON, #M:2, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:18
- Parent: HANNAH MEREDITH, female, born:1779-08-09 Pennsylvania, died:1849-08-01 (69y 11m 23d) Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, Anc:1, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:6
- Sibling: Benjamin Franklin WILSON, male, born:1808-10-22 Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1892-02-11 (83y 3m 20d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, Dad:MATHEW WILSON, Mom:HANNAH MEREDITH, #M:1, #SrcDocs:8
- Sibling: William WILSON, male, born:1812-09-10 Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1876-05-27 (63y 8m 17d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, Dad:MATHEW WILSON, Mom:HANNAH MEREDITH, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
- Sibling: Mary Jane WILSON, female, born:1816-01-22 Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1910-04-29 (94y 3m 7d) Washington Court House (Fayette) Ohio, Dad:MATHEW WILSON, Mom:HANNAH MEREDITH, #M:1, #SrcDocs:8
- Sibling: Susannah WILSON, female, born:1818-11-09 Mill Creek Estates (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1893-12-31 (75y 1m 22d) Philipsburg (Centre) Pennsylvania, Dad:MATHEW WILSON, Mom:HANNAH MEREDITH, #M:1, #SrcDocs:7
Spouse(s) and Children
- Marriage: 1837-01-18 Huntington Harbour (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania
- Spouse: KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, female, born:1816-10-25 Huntington Harbour (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1909-02-14 (92y 3m 20d) Xenia (Greene) Ohio, Anc:1, Dad:JOHN HILDEBRAND, Mom:BARBARA SHULTZ, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:7
- ..Child: Hannah Mary WILSON, female, born:1837-11-16 Huntingdon county Pennsylvania, died:1904-04-17 (66y 5m 1d) Falls (Muskingum) Ohio, Dad:MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, Mom:KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:4
- ..Child: William Magee WILSON, male, born:1839-03-12 Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, died:1915-11-20 (76y 8m 8d) Xenia (Greene) Ohio, Dad:MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, Mom:KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:10
- ..Child: John Hildebrand WILSON, male, born:1841-01-19 Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, died:1887-12-24 (46y 11m 5d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, Dad:MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, Mom:KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, #SrcDocs:6
- ..Child: Matthew Durbin WILSON, male, born:1843-03-12 Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, died:1921-12-03 (78y 8m 21d) Xenia (Greene) Ohio, Dad:MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, Mom:KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:6
- ..Child: Evaline Shultz WILSON, female, born:1845-03-06 Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, died:1932-12-05 (87y 8m 29d) Xenia (Greene) Ohio, Dad:MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, Mom:KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:4
- ..Child: Edwin Lawrence WILSON, male, born:1846-06-06 Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, died:1874-07-03 (28y 0m 27d) Xenia (Greene) Ohio, Dad:MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, Mom:KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: Charles Herbert WILSON, male, born:1848-06-08 Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, died:1882-04-14 (33y 10m 6d) Xenia (Greene) Ohio, Dad:MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, Mom:KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, #SrcDocs:5
- ..Child: Albert Eberman WILSON, male, born:1850-06-05 Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, died:1870-10-11 (20y 4m 6d) Xenia (Greene) Ohio, Dad:MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, Mom:KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:4
- ..Child: MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON
- ..Child: ROBERT STITT WILSON, male, born:1856-09-16 Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, died:1916-01-28 (59y 4m 12d) Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, Anc:1, Dad:MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, Mom:KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, #Cmnts:3, #SrcDocs:7
Events
Livedin: 1810-1837, Age:75y 7m 29d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Matthew and his wife Keziah were born and raised in Huntingdon. They were married there and continued to reside there for about a year until shortly after the birth of their first child.
Birth: 1810-05-12, Age:75y 7m 29d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, ImageID: W__0046
Job: 1837 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:operator, milling and mining, learned the trades from his father
Livedin: 1837, Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, family of three moved in their carriage
Married: 1837-01-18, Age:75y 7m 29d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:groom, Huntingdon Gazette newspaper of Jan.25, 1837 announces the wedding the prior week of Matthew Wilson of Mill Creek and Keziah Hildebrand of Huntingdon borough. The wedding, per what Keziah wrote in the Wilson Family Bible, was on Jan.18, 1837. Huntingdon Gazette newspaper of Jan.25, 1837 announces the wedding the prior week of Matthew Wilson of Mill Creek and Keziah Hildebrand of Huntingdon borough. The wedding, per what Keziah wrote in the Wilson Family Bible, was on Jan.18, 1837., ImageID: W__0051
Marry-intent: 1837-01-25, Age:75y 7m 29d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:fiance, Huntingdon Gazette newspaper of Jan.25, 1837 announces the wedding the prior week of Matthew Wilson of Mill Creek and Keziah Hildebrand of Huntingdon borough. The wedding, per what Keziah wrote in the Wilson Family Bible, was on Jan.18, 1837., ImageID: W__0473
Census: 1840 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Matthew Wilson family 1 male 1 female
Census: 1850 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Matthew Wilson age 39 b.PA saw mill
Census: 1850 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Muskingum county Ohio, Role:census federal, 155 Matthew Wilson, ImageID: W__0417
Census: 1850 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Muskingum county Ohio, Role:census federal, 191 Matthew Wilson worth $4,000, Keziah age 33 b.PA, Hannah age 12 PA, William age 10 b.OH, John age 9 b.OH, Evaline age 5 b.OH, Edwin age 4 b.OH, Charles age 2 b.OH, Lucy Donald age 22 b.VA. Matthew and his family lived next door to the family of his brother Benjamin and wife Eliza and their six children plus four teenagers.
Land: 1854 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:buyer
Govt-court: 1856-04-25, Age:75y 7m 29d, Muskingum county Ohio, Role:defendant, Per Muskingum county civil cases docket Y page 373, Matthew Wilson and wife Kezia H Wilson were defendants against John McBride. Co-defendants were John and Amanda Tanner and the Ohio Railroad Company. John and Matthew had judgment against them costing $1,160 plus court costs. This case involved a mortgage. The defendants appealed the case but still lost., ImageID: W__0413
Census: 1860 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Matthew age 50 b.PA farmer Keziah age 44 b.PA, Wm. M. age 18 OH, John H. age 16 OH, Matthew D. age 16 OH, Evaline S. age 15 OH, Edwin L. age 13 OH, Charles H. age 11 OH, Albert E. age 8 OH, Robert S. age 6 OH, Mary Kimble age 25 b.OH, servant, ImageID: W__0394
Land: 1866 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Role:buyer, located near the fairgrounds
Livedin: 1866, Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, 57 Monroe, family of eleven moved here
Census: 1870 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Matthew age 60 b.PA farmer Keziah age 54 b.PA, Wm. M. age 26 OH, farm laborer, John age 25 OH, Durbin age 24 OH, Edwin 23 age OH, Charles age 21 b.OH, Albert age 20 b.OH, Robert age 16 b.OH. Both parents of both Matthew and Keziah were born in PA.
Census: 1880 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Matthew age 70 b.PA as were parents, retired grain dealer, Keziah H. age 63 born Pennsylvania as were her parents, Charles H age 32 born Ohio clerk in a dry goods store, listed as having a hemorrhage of the liver, Robert S. age 23 born Ohio, living at home [no occupation given]. Someone named Kate Hanson age 35 was living in this household and listed as a black servant. This family lived at 57 Market Street., ImageID: W__0504
Job: 1886 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Role:owner, loaning money, per his death certificate
Obit: 1886-01 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Ohio, In Matthew's obituary it said of him:
He was a most genial tempered gentleman. Meet him when and where you would, he always had a pleasant smile and a kind greeting for all. He was especially interested in and fond of children and took great pleasure in playing with his grandchildren. All the children in his neighborhood called him Grandfather Wilson. He was a man of character and high standing in every sense, such a one is an honor to any community, and whose death is a public bereavement. Matthew was one of Xenia's prominent and wealthy citizens.
Death: 1886-01-10, Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, heart disease per death certificate, According to his obituary, Matthew was suddenly stricken with apoplexy and was unconscious for two days before passing away. He died at his home. He had not been ill long as he had visited the warerooms of Smart Bros. on Detroit Street the Thursday before his death. On Friday morning he suffered a stroke of paralysis.
Church: ?, Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Trinity Methodist Church, Methodist, a regular attendant
Job: ?, Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:proprietor, located near the town of Wilberforce Wilberforce has two colleges: Wilberforce University and Central State College.
Land: ?, Age:75y 7m 29d, Illinois, Role:buyer, Matthew had been a large landholder in the Xenia area as well as land interests in Illinois, probably near where either his son or his brother lived.
Burial: ?, Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Woodland Cemetery, section G with family, In Woodland Cemetery section G there is a large marker, about twenty feet tall, marking the graves of Matthew and Keziah and four of their sons: Matthew, Edwin, Charles and Albert. The marker has the names and dates of each of their births and deaths plus the following phrase [origin unknown]:
Let each loss that makes earth dream
Make the hope of heaven more dear., ImageID: W__0054,W__0058
Livedin: 1810-1837, Age:75y 7m 29d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Matthew and his wife Keziah were born and raised in Huntingdon. They were married there and continued to reside there for about a year until shortly after the birth of their first child.
Birth: 1810-05-12, Age:75y 7m 29d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, ImageID: W__0046
Job: 1837 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:operator, milling and mining, learned the trades from his father
Livedin: 1837, Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, family of three moved in their carriage
Married: 1837-01-18, Age:75y 7m 29d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:groom, Huntingdon Gazette newspaper of Jan.25, 1837 announces the wedding the prior week of Matthew Wilson of Mill Creek and Keziah Hildebrand of Huntingdon borough. The wedding, per what Keziah wrote in the Wilson Family Bible, was on Jan.18, 1837. Huntingdon Gazette newspaper of Jan.25, 1837 announces the wedding the prior week of Matthew Wilson of Mill Creek and Keziah Hildebrand of Huntingdon borough. The wedding, per what Keziah wrote in the Wilson Family Bible, was on Jan.18, 1837., ImageID: W__0051
Marry-intent: 1837-01-25, Age:75y 7m 29d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:fiance, Huntingdon Gazette newspaper of Jan.25, 1837 announces the wedding the prior week of Matthew Wilson of Mill Creek and Keziah Hildebrand of Huntingdon borough. The wedding, per what Keziah wrote in the Wilson Family Bible, was on Jan.18, 1837., ImageID: W__0473
Census: 1840 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Matthew Wilson family 1 male 1 female
Census: 1850 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Matthew Wilson age 39 b.PA saw mill
Census: 1850 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Muskingum county Ohio, Role:census federal, 155 Matthew Wilson, ImageID: W__0417
Census: 1850 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Muskingum county Ohio, Role:census federal, 191 Matthew Wilson worth $4,000, Keziah age 33 b.PA, Hannah age 12 PA, William age 10 b.OH, John age 9 b.OH, Evaline age 5 b.OH, Edwin age 4 b.OH, Charles age 2 b.OH, Lucy Donald age 22 b.VA. Matthew and his family lived next door to the family of his brother Benjamin and wife Eliza and their six children plus four teenagers.
Land: 1854 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:buyer
Govt-court: 1856-04-25, Age:75y 7m 29d, Muskingum county Ohio, Role:defendant, Per Muskingum county civil cases docket Y page 373, Matthew Wilson and wife Kezia H Wilson were defendants against John McBride. Co-defendants were John and Amanda Tanner and the Ohio Railroad Company. John and Matthew had judgment against them costing $1,160 plus court costs. This case involved a mortgage. The defendants appealed the case but still lost., ImageID: W__0413
Census: 1860 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Matthew age 50 b.PA farmer Keziah age 44 b.PA, Wm. M. age 18 OH, John H. age 16 OH, Matthew D. age 16 OH, Evaline S. age 15 OH, Edwin L. age 13 OH, Charles H. age 11 OH, Albert E. age 8 OH, Robert S. age 6 OH, Mary Kimble age 25 b.OH, servant, ImageID: W__0394
Land: 1866 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Role:buyer, located near the fairgrounds
Livedin: 1866, Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, 57 Monroe, family of eleven moved here
Census: 1870 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Matthew age 60 b.PA farmer Keziah age 54 b.PA, Wm. M. age 26 OH, farm laborer, John age 25 OH, Durbin age 24 OH, Edwin 23 age OH, Charles age 21 b.OH, Albert age 20 b.OH, Robert age 16 b.OH. Both parents of both Matthew and Keziah were born in PA.
Census: 1880 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Matthew age 70 b.PA as were parents, retired grain dealer, Keziah H. age 63 born Pennsylvania as were her parents, Charles H age 32 born Ohio clerk in a dry goods store, listed as having a hemorrhage of the liver, Robert S. age 23 born Ohio, living at home [no occupation given]. Someone named Kate Hanson age 35 was living in this household and listed as a black servant. This family lived at 57 Market Street., ImageID: W__0504
Job: 1886 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Role:owner, loaning money, per his death certificate
Obit: 1886-01 , Age:75y 7m 29d, Ohio, In Matthew's obituary it said of him:
He was a most genial tempered gentleman. Meet him when and where you would, he always had a pleasant smile and a kind greeting for all. He was especially interested in and fond of children and took great pleasure in playing with his grandchildren. All the children in his neighborhood called him Grandfather Wilson. He was a man of character and high standing in every sense, such a one is an honor to any community, and whose death is a public bereavement. Matthew was one of Xenia's prominent and wealthy citizens.
Death: 1886-01-10, Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, heart disease per death certificate, According to his obituary, Matthew was suddenly stricken with apoplexy and was unconscious for two days before passing away. He died at his home. He had not been ill long as he had visited the warerooms of Smart Bros. on Detroit Street the Thursday before his death. On Friday morning he suffered a stroke of paralysis.
Church: ?, Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Trinity Methodist Church, Methodist, a regular attendant
Job: ?, Age:75y 7m 29d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:proprietor, located near the town of Wilberforce Wilberforce has two colleges: Wilberforce University and Central State College.
Land: ?, Age:75y 7m 29d, Illinois, Role:buyer, Matthew had been a large landholder in the Xenia area as well as land interests in Illinois, probably near where either his son or his brother lived.
Burial: ?, Age:75y 7m 29d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Woodland Cemetery, section G with family, In Woodland Cemetery section G there is a large marker, about twenty feet tall, marking the graves of Matthew and Keziah and four of their sons: Matthew, Edwin, Charles and Albert. The marker has the names and dates of each of their births and deaths plus the following phrase [origin unknown]:
Let each loss that makes earth dream
Make the hope of heaven more dear., ImageID: W__0054,W__0058
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Per his obituary, Matthew was survived by one brother [Benjamin] in Illinois, a sister [Mary] in West Jefferson (Madison) Ohio and another sister [Susannah] in Philipsburg (Centre) Pennsylvania. Matthew's surviving children were: William of Logansport (Cass) Indiana, John of Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, M. Durbin and Robert of Xenia, and Mrs. Robert Smart of Xenia. · · Ancestry.com family for Hannah (Meredith) Wilson and her husband Matthew Wilson Sr. No sources are given for this information but it aligns with expectations. · · Ancestry.com family of Hannah (Meredith) Wilson and her husband Mathew Wilson and their son Matthew Meredith Wilson. It lists her father as William Meredith but no source documents tie the two together. · · Births of Matthew Meredith Wilson (05-12-1810), his wife Keziah (Hildebrand) Wilson (10-25-1816), and their children: Hannah Mary (11-16-1837), William Mayer (03-12-1839), John Hildebrand (01-19-1841, Mathew Durbin (03-12-1843), Evaline Shultz (03-06-1845), Edwin Lawrence (06-06-1846), Charles Herbert (06-08-1848), Albert Eberman (06-05-1850), Rebecca Ann (07-21-1855) and Robert Stitt (09-16-1856). All are written in the same handwriting, probably Keziah's since her name is · listed first. This handwriting matches the one listing her marriage on another page. This page was one of four such pages in the Wilson family bible. · · The family of Mathew Wilson and wife Hannah Meredith and only one of their five children, Matthew Meredith Wilson, is listed. This is from an Ancestry.com family. The information appears correct although only a single federal census is given as the source.
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W__0046 - Family Births of Matthew M. Wilson family per the Wilson Family Bible
W__0051 - Marriage Notations in the Wilson Family Bible
W__0053 - Wilson Obelisk in Woodland Cemetery, Linda Wilson
W__0054 - Woodland Cemetery Wilson Plot Marker
W__0058 - Wilson Family Plot Marker Woodland Cemetery
W__0218 - House at corner of Market and Monroe, probably Mattnew and Keziah Wilson's
W__0264 - Obituary of Matthew M. Wilson [original]
W__0391 - 1820 Census for Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania
W__0394 - 1860 Census for Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio with Matthew M. Wilson family
W__0413 - Civil Case of John McBride against Matthew Jr. and Keziah Wilson and others
W__0416 - 1870 Census for Greene county Ohio with Matthew Wilson and Keziah Hildebrand
W__0429 - Map of the 1854 northern part of Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio with lot for Wilson
W__0451 - Will of Matthew M. Wilson - Probate
W__0453 - Family of Mathew and Hannah (Meredith) Wilson from ancestry.com
W__0473 - Marriage Announcement of Matthew Wilson and Keziah Hildebrand
W__0504 - 1880 Census for Xenia, Greene county, Ohio with Matthew Wilson Family
Z__0020 - Map of Pennsylvania county townships for Huntingdon, Mifflin and Juniata
Z__0025 - Map of Counties of Ohio
Z__0027 - Map of Ohio Xenia Woodland Cemetery Map
Z__0033 - Map of Counties of Pennsylvania
Z__0035 - Map of Counties of Illinois
Z__0041 - Map of Some Wards of Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio in 1875
Z__0042 - Map of Ward 1 of Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio in 1866
Z__0050 - Map of Counties of Pennsylvania County Genealogies
W__0046 - Family Births of Matthew M. Wilson family per the Wilson Family Bible
W__0051 - Marriage Notations in the Wilson Family Bible
W__0053 - Wilson Obelisk in Woodland Cemetery, Linda Wilson
W__0054 - Woodland Cemetery Wilson Plot Marker
W__0058 - Wilson Family Plot Marker Woodland Cemetery
W__0218 - House at corner of Market and Monroe, probably Mattnew and Keziah Wilson's
W__0264 - Obituary of Matthew M. Wilson [original]
W__0391 - 1820 Census for Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania
W__0394 - 1860 Census for Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio with Matthew M. Wilson family
W__0413 - Civil Case of John McBride against Matthew Jr. and Keziah Wilson and others
W__0416 - 1870 Census for Greene county Ohio with Matthew Wilson and Keziah Hildebrand
W__0429 - Map of the 1854 northern part of Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio with lot for Wilson
W__0451 - Will of Matthew M. Wilson - Probate
W__0453 - Family of Mathew and Hannah (Meredith) Wilson from ancestry.com
W__0473 - Marriage Announcement of Matthew Wilson and Keziah Hildebrand
W__0504 - 1880 Census for Xenia, Greene county, Ohio with Matthew Wilson Family
Z__0020 - Map of Pennsylvania county townships for Huntingdon, Mifflin and Juniata
Z__0025 - Map of Counties of Ohio
Z__0027 - Map of Ohio Xenia Woodland Cemetery Map
Z__0033 - Map of Counties of Pennsylvania
Z__0035 - Map of Counties of Illinois
Z__0041 - Map of Some Wards of Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio in 1875
Z__0042 - Map of Ward 1 of Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio in 1866
Z__0050 - Map of Counties of Pennsylvania County Genealogies
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1817: Serbia, Turkey - Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire, officially Independent in 1867
1819: France - Theodore Gericault paints his masterpiece The Raft of the Medusa, and exhibits It in the French Salon of 1819 at the Louvre
1819: Singapore, England - The modern city of Singapore is established by the British East India Company
1820: Liberia - Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves
1820: United States - Missouri Compromise admits Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
1821-1830: Greece, Turkey - Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War of Independence
1821: Mexico, Spain - Mexico gains Independence from Spain with the Treaty of Cordoba
1821: Peru, Spain - Peru declares Its Independence from Spain
1822-1823: Mexico - First Mexican Empire, as the first post-independent Mexican government, ruled by Emperor Agustin I of Mexico
1822: Brazil, Portugal - Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian Independence on September 7, on December 1, he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil
1823-1887: England, Burma - The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars
1825-1828: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay - The Argentina-Brazil War results in the Independence of Uruguay
1825: United States - Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
1826-1828: Russia, Iran - After the final Russo-Persian War, the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war
1827: England - Death of William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker who Influenced literature
1828-1829: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (ninth of ten), Russian victory
1830: Belgium, Netherlands - The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium
1830: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador - Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama), Ecuador, and Venezuela took Its place
1830: France - July Revolution in France
1830: Poland, Russia - November Uprising in Poland against Russia
1830: United States - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6, 1830
1831-33: Egypt - Egyptian-Ottoman War
1831: France, Algeria - France Invades and occupies Algeria
1833-1876: Spain - Carlist Wars in Spain
1833: England - Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire
1834-1859: Russia - Rebellion led by Imam Shamil in Russian-occupied Caucasus
1834: Germany - The German Customs Union is formed
1834: Spain - Spanish Inquisition officially ends
1835-1836: United States, Mexico - The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas
1836: United States, Mexico - The Battle of the Alamo
1837-1838: Canada - Rebellions of 1837 in Canada
1837-1901: England - Reign of Queen Victoria is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era
1838-1840: Central America - Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
1839-1851: Uruguay - Uruguayan Civil War
1839-1860: France, England, United States, Russia, China - After two Opium Wars, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty
1840: New Zealand, England - New Zealand is founded, as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Ma-ori and British
1844: Haiti - Dominican War of Independence from Haiti
1844: Iran - Persian Prophet the Bab announces his revelation on May 23, founding Babism, he announced to the world of the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest", he is considered the forerunner of Baha u llah, the founder of the Baha I Faith
1844: United States - First publicly funded telegraph line in the world, It is between Baltimore and Washington and sends demonstration message on May 24, ushering in the age of the telegraph, this message read "What hath God wrought?" (Bible, Numbers 23:23)
1844: United States - Millerite (followers of the teachings of William Miller) movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22, the non-appearance of Christ becomes known as the Great Disappointment
1845-1846: Pakistan - First Anglo-Sikh War in Punjab (Pakistan) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company
1845-1849: Ireland - The Irish Potato Famine led to the Irish diaspora
1845-1872: New Zealand - The New Zealand Land Wars
1845: Tonga - Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Ta-ufa?a-hau (King George Tupou I)
1846-1847: United States - Mormon migration to Utah
1846-1848: United States, Mexico - The Mexican-American War leads to cession by Mexico of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States
1847-1901: Mexico - The Caste War of Yucatan
1848-1849: Pakistan - Second Anglo-Sikh War in Punjab (Pakistan) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company, this war basically ends the Sikh Empire
1848-1858: United States - California Gold Rush
1848: Europe - Revolutions of 1848 in Europe as some type of revolution occurred in most all European countries (except England and the Netherlands), the revolutions were quickly put down as they were mostly unorganized peasants
1848: Russia - The Communist Manifesto published
1848: United States - Seneca Falls Convention is the first rights for women convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and legal rights for women
1850: Europe - The Little Ice Age ends around this time
1851-1852: South America - The Platine War (also known as the War against Oribe and Rosas) fought between the Argentine Confederation and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, the war was part of a long-running contest between Argentina and Brazil for Influence over Uruguay and Paraguay, and hegemony over the regions bordering the Rio de la Plata (River Plate), the conflict took place in Uruguay, on the Rio de la Plata and in the northeast of Argen
1851-1864: China - The Taiping Rebellion in China is the bloodiest conflict of the century
1851-60s: Australia - Victorian gold rush in Australia
1851: England - The Great Exhibition in London was the first International Expo or Worlds Fair
1853-1856: Ukraine, France, England, Turkey, Russia - Crimean War between France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1854: Japan - The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends policy of Isolation by Japan
1855: England - Henry Bessemer Invents a process that enables steel to be mass produced from molten pig Iron
1856: Romania - First oil refinery in Romania
1857-1858: India - Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also known as First War of Independence for India, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Uprising of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion and the Sepoy Mutiny), It began as a mutiny of native soldiers (sepoys) employed by the British East India Company's army
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
1810: Germany - The University of Berlin is founded, among Its students and faculty are Hegel, Marx, and Bismarck, the German university reform proves to be so successful that Its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities)
1810: Mexico - The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War of Independence
1810s-20s: Latin America, Spain, Portugal - Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of Independence
1812-1815: United States, England - War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1812: France, Russia - The French Invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars
1813-1907: England, Russia, Asia - The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game
1814-16: England, Nepal - Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire
1815: Austria - The Congress of Vienna redraws the European map, the Concert of Europe attempts to preserve this settlement, but It fails to stem the tide of liberalism and nationalism that sweeps over the continent
1815: Europe - combined armies commanded by the Duke of Wellington defeat Napoleon at Waterloo (Belgium), bringing a conclusion to the Napoleonic Wars and marks the beginning of a Pax Britannica which lasts until 1870
1816-1828: South Africa - Zulu kingdom of Shaka on the southeast coast of Africa becomes the largest kingdom in southern Africa
1816: northern hemisphere - Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere, likely caused by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora on Indonesia, It is the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history and the most deadly as over 70,000 people died, the volcano ash caused what is called "volcanic winter" and 1816 became known as the "Year Without a Summer" because of the effect on North American and European weather where agricultural crops failed and livestock died resulting in the worst famine of th
1817: Serbia, Turkey - Principality of Serbia becomes suzerain from the Ottoman Empire, officially Independent in 1867
1819: France - Theodore Gericault paints his masterpiece The Raft of the Medusa, and exhibits It in the French Salon of 1819 at the Louvre
1819: Singapore, England - The modern city of Singapore is established by the British East India Company
1820: Liberia - Liberia founded by the American Colonization Society for freed American slaves
1820: United States - Missouri Compromise admits Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
1821-1830: Greece, Turkey - Greece becomes the first country to break away from the Ottoman Empire after the Greek War of Independence
1821: Mexico, Spain - Mexico gains Independence from Spain with the Treaty of Cordoba
1821: Peru, Spain - Peru declares Its Independence from Spain
1822-1823: Mexico - First Mexican Empire, as the first post-independent Mexican government, ruled by Emperor Agustin I of Mexico
1822: Brazil, Portugal - Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian Independence on September 7, on December 1, he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil
1823-1887: England, Burma - The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars
1825-1828: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay - The Argentina-Brazil War results in the Independence of Uruguay
1825: United States - Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
1826-1828: Russia, Iran - After the final Russo-Persian War, the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war
1827: England - Death of William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker who Influenced literature
1828-1829: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (ninth of ten), Russian victory
1830: Belgium, Netherlands - The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium
1830: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador - Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama), Ecuador, and Venezuela took Its place
1830: France - July Revolution in France
1830: Poland, Russia - November Uprising in Poland against Russia
1830: United States - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6, 1830
1831-33: Egypt - Egyptian-Ottoman War
1831: France, Algeria - France Invades and occupies Algeria
1833-1876: Spain - Carlist Wars in Spain
1833: England - Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire
1834-1859: Russia - Rebellion led by Imam Shamil in Russian-occupied Caucasus
1834: Germany - The German Customs Union is formed
1834: Spain - Spanish Inquisition officially ends
1835-1836: United States, Mexico - The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas
1836: United States, Mexico - The Battle of the Alamo
1837-1838: Canada - Rebellions of 1837 in Canada
1837-1901: England - Reign of Queen Victoria is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era
1838-1840: Central America - Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
1839-1851: Uruguay - Uruguayan Civil War
1839-1860: France, England, United States, Russia, China - After two Opium Wars, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty
1840: New Zealand, England - New Zealand is founded, as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Ma-ori and British
1844: Haiti - Dominican War of Independence from Haiti
1844: Iran - Persian Prophet the Bab announces his revelation on May 23, founding Babism, he announced to the world of the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest", he is considered the forerunner of Baha u llah, the founder of the Baha I Faith
1844: United States - First publicly funded telegraph line in the world, It is between Baltimore and Washington and sends demonstration message on May 24, ushering in the age of the telegraph, this message read "What hath God wrought?" (Bible, Numbers 23:23)
1844: United States - Millerite (followers of the teachings of William Miller) movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22, the non-appearance of Christ becomes known as the Great Disappointment
1845-1846: Pakistan - First Anglo-Sikh War in Punjab (Pakistan) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company
1845-1849: Ireland - The Irish Potato Famine led to the Irish diaspora
1845-1872: New Zealand - The New Zealand Land Wars
1845: Tonga - Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Ta-ufa?a-hau (King George Tupou I)
1846-1847: United States - Mormon migration to Utah
1846-1848: United States, Mexico - The Mexican-American War leads to cession by Mexico of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States
1847-1901: Mexico - The Caste War of Yucatan
1848-1849: Pakistan - Second Anglo-Sikh War in Punjab (Pakistan) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company, this war basically ends the Sikh Empire
1848-1858: United States - California Gold Rush
1848: Europe - Revolutions of 1848 in Europe as some type of revolution occurred in most all European countries (except England and the Netherlands), the revolutions were quickly put down as they were mostly unorganized peasants
1848: Russia - The Communist Manifesto published
1848: United States - Seneca Falls Convention is the first rights for women convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and legal rights for women
1850: Europe - The Little Ice Age ends around this time
1851-1852: South America - The Platine War (also known as the War against Oribe and Rosas) fought between the Argentine Confederation and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, the war was part of a long-running contest between Argentina and Brazil for Influence over Uruguay and Paraguay, and hegemony over the regions bordering the Rio de la Plata (River Plate), the conflict took place in Uruguay, on the Rio de la Plata and in the northeast of Argen
1851-1864: China - The Taiping Rebellion in China is the bloodiest conflict of the century
1851-60s: Australia - Victorian gold rush in Australia
1851: England - The Great Exhibition in London was the first International Expo or Worlds Fair
1853-1856: Ukraine, France, England, Turkey, Russia - Crimean War between France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1854: Japan - The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends policy of Isolation by Japan
1855: England - Henry Bessemer Invents a process that enables steel to be mass produced from molten pig Iron
1856: Romania - First oil refinery in Romania
1857-1858: India - Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also known as First War of Independence for India, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Uprising of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion and the Sepoy Mutiny), It began as a mutiny of native soldiers (sepoys) employed by the British East India Company's army
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