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MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS 1858 IA to 1945 MN
Fathers:GEORGE,CYRUS,JOSEPH,DOMINI
MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS 1858 IA to 1945 MN
Fathers:GEORGE,CYRUS,JOSEPH,DOMINI
Search.........Person PAF-ID.........09000021 Gender.........female Status.........deceased Age............ Last-Marital...widowed Fam-Group......DOUGLASS Fam-ID.........DOUGLASS Citizenship....US born |
#Marriages.....1 #Divorces......0 #Sources.......7 #Events........1 #Images:.......25 #Comments......1 #Siblings......8 #Children......8 |
Person-Type....A Immigrant?.....no Immig-Known?...no Parent?........mother Spouse?........wife Sibling?.......sister Child?.........daughter Twin...........no Adopted?....... |
Title(s)....... Ancestor.......ancestor RelatedToMe....2XGreat Gen-#..........05 Ahn-#..........00000000021 Religion.......Baptist PoliticParty... Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair. Burial.........Riverside Cemetery West section row 1 |
Parents and Siblings
- Parent: GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, male, born:1826-04-04 Fairmont, Will county, Illinois, died:1914-01-18 (53y8m28d) ?Lompoc, Santa Barbara county, California, Anc:1, Dad:CYRUS DOUGLASS, Mom:RUBY RHODA BLOSS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:10
- Parent: ELIZABETH ANN METIER, female, born:1829-04-15 Clermont county, Ohio, died:Lompoc, Santa Barbara county, California, Anc:1, Dad:WILLIAM NESBIT METIER, Mom:SARAH MOYERS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:9
- Sibling: Archibald Stone DOUGLASS, male, born:1849-11-30 Vermilion county, Illinois, died:?Multnomah county, Oregon, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
- Sibling: John Orson DOUGLASS, male, born:1852-02-11 Vermilion county, Illinois, died:1925-11-18 (47y10m21d) ?California, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:4
- Sibling: Luther M. DOUGLASS, male, born:1854-03-21 Vermilion county, Illinois, died:1884-03-16 (29y11m23d) Centerville, Turner county, South Dakota, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:1
- Sibling: William Harlan DOUGLASS, male, born:1856-02-22 Decatur county, Iowa, died:1949 (92y10m10d) ?California, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
- Sibling: Huldy Ann DOUGLASS, female, born:1860-06-30 Decatur county, Iowa, died:Long Creek, Decatur county, Iowa, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #SrcDocs:2
- Sibling: Sarah Ordellie DOUGLASS, female, born:1862-11-03 Decatur county, Iowa, died:1909-10-31 (46y11m28d) Berkeley, Alameda county, California, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
- Sibling: George Emmet DOUGLASS, male, born:1866-05-27 Iowa, died:1896-10-27 (29y7m5d) ?Lompoc, Santa Barbara county, California, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
- Sibling: Cyrus Fredy DOUGLASS, male, born:1870-03-15 South Dakota, died:1900-1960 (29y9m17d) ?Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #SrcDocs:2
Spouse(s) and Children
- Marriage: 1875-09-19 Vermillion, Clay county, South Dakota
- Spouse: EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, male, born:1850-03-29 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Anc:1, Dad:GILBERT SEARLS, Mom:ELIZABETH HALSTEAD, #SrcDocs:15
- ..Child: BURTON ORSON SEARLS, male, born:1876-09-15 White Swan, Charles Mix county, South Dakota, died:Yankton, Yankton county, South Dakota, Anc:1, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:10
- ..Child: Harvey E. SEARLS, male, born:1879-12-29 White Swan, Charles Mix county, South Dakota, died:1923-02-21 (28y0m3d) Westside, Crawford county, Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:7
- ..Child: Adell SEARLS, female, born:1882-01-01 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:3
- ..Child: George Douglas SEARLS, male, born:1883-12-06 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:5
- ..Child: Ethel S. SEARLS, female, born:1886-03-15 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:De Smet, Kingsbury county, South Dakota, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:6
- ..Child: Jessie Jeanette SEARLS, female, born:1888-09-28 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1973-03-06 (84y5m6d) Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:6
- ..Child: Nell SEARLS, female, born:1896-07-18 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1946-1986 (18y5m14d) , Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:6
- ..Child: Dwight Clifford SEARLS, male, born:1900-08-06 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1960-06-18 (18y4m26d) Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:7
Events
Birth: 1858-02-08y0m0d, Garden Grove, Decatur county, Iowa
Livedin: 1858 y10m24d, Iowa, Mary's grandson, said Mary remembered that when she was a young girl her family moved across Iowa from Clinton (Clinton) Iowa in a covered wagon, her brothers riding ahead on horseback scouting for Indians.
Census: 1860 , Age:1y10m24d, Linn, Clinton county, Iowa, Role:census federal, Mary age 2 b.IA with parents, ImageID: O__0057
Married: 1875-09-19, Age:17y7m11d, Vermillion, Clay county, South Dakota, Role:bride
Census: 1900 , Age:41y10m24d, Role:census federal, Mary L. age 42 born Feb.1858 in IA and parents born IL, ImageID: S__0251
Census: 1910 , Age:51y10m24d, Role:census federal, Mary Louise age 52 born Iowa father born Ohio and mother born Illinois with family, ImageID: S__0259S__0253
Livedin: ?1920 , Age:61y10m24d, Long Beach, Los Angeles county, California, had relatives in the area
Census: 1930 , Age:71y10m24d, Role:census federal, Mary L. (Douglass) Searls age 72 born Iowa parents born IL, she is a widow living in the household of her married son Dwight Searls., ImageID: S__0260
Census: 1940 , Age:81y10m24d, Long Beach, Los Angeles county, California, Role:census federal, Mary Z. [sic L.] (Douglass) Searls age 82 bown Iowa widow, ImageID: S__0256
Livedin: 1942 , Age:83y10m24d, Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, with daughter Jessie Douglass
Livedin: 1943-05, Age:85y2m23d, Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, with daughter Nell Douglass
Death: 1945-12-27, Age:87y10m19d, Saint Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota, Our Lady of Good Councel Free Cancer Home, stomach cancer, in the Cancer Home for four months, ImageID: O__0064
Obit: 1946-01-03, Age:87y10m26d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Register Tribune, In her obituary, it said of Mary:
Mrs. Searls is remembered here as a woman of most amiable and friendly nature, a kind and devoted wife and mother, a splendid homemaker, and a friend and neighbor whose helpful- ness knew no bounds. The many useful years she lived in Akron are still treasured in the hearts and memories of the friends of those days. . ., ImageID: OS_0009
Burial: 1946-01, Age:87y10m24d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Riverside Cemetery, West section row 1, ImageID: O__0149
Church: ?, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, First Baptist Church, Baptist, an active member She later transferred her letter to the church in Long Beach.
Church: ?, Long Beach, Los Angeles county, California, Baptist
Education: ?, ?Vermillion, Clay county, South Dakota, Role:student, She was in the first log school house which was built by her father.
Education: ?, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Role:student, grade, finished her schooling
Birth: 1858-02-08y0m0d, Garden Grove, Decatur county, Iowa
Livedin: 1858 y10m24d, Iowa, Mary's grandson, said Mary remembered that when she was a young girl her family moved across Iowa from Clinton (Clinton) Iowa in a covered wagon, her brothers riding ahead on horseback scouting for Indians.
Census: 1860 , Age:1y10m24d, Linn, Clinton county, Iowa, Role:census federal, Mary age 2 b.IA with parents, ImageID: O__0057
Married: 1875-09-19, Age:17y7m11d, Vermillion, Clay county, South Dakota, Role:bride
Census: 1900 , Age:41y10m24d, Role:census federal, Mary L. age 42 born Feb.1858 in IA and parents born IL, ImageID: S__0251
Census: 1910 , Age:51y10m24d, Role:census federal, Mary Louise age 52 born Iowa father born Ohio and mother born Illinois with family, ImageID: S__0259S__0253
Livedin: ?1920 , Age:61y10m24d, Long Beach, Los Angeles county, California, had relatives in the area
Census: 1930 , Age:71y10m24d, Role:census federal, Mary L. (Douglass) Searls age 72 born Iowa parents born IL, she is a widow living in the household of her married son Dwight Searls., ImageID: S__0260
Census: 1940 , Age:81y10m24d, Long Beach, Los Angeles county, California, Role:census federal, Mary Z. [sic L.] (Douglass) Searls age 82 bown Iowa widow, ImageID: S__0256
Livedin: 1942 , Age:83y10m24d, Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, with daughter Jessie Douglass
Livedin: 1943-05, Age:85y2m23d, Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, with daughter Nell Douglass
Death: 1945-12-27, Age:87y10m19d, Saint Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota, Our Lady of Good Councel Free Cancer Home, stomach cancer, in the Cancer Home for four months, ImageID: O__0064
Obit: 1946-01-03, Age:87y10m26d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Register Tribune, In her obituary, it said of Mary:
Mrs. Searls is remembered here as a woman of most amiable and friendly nature, a kind and devoted wife and mother, a splendid homemaker, and a friend and neighbor whose helpful- ness knew no bounds. The many useful years she lived in Akron are still treasured in the hearts and memories of the friends of those days. . ., ImageID: OS_0009
Burial: 1946-01, Age:87y10m24d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Riverside Cemetery, West section row 1, ImageID: O__0149
Church: ?, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, First Baptist Church, Baptist, an active member She later transferred her letter to the church in Long Beach.
Church: ?, Long Beach, Los Angeles county, California, Baptist
Education: ?, ?Vermillion, Clay county, South Dakota, Role:student, She was in the first log school house which was built by her father.
Education: ?, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Role:student, grade, finished her schooling
Places In
Vermillion, Clay county, South Dakota
Long Beach, Los Angeles county, California
Linn, Clinton county, Iowa
Garden Grove, Decatur county, Iowa
Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa
Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota
Saint Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota
Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Vermillion, Clay county, South Dakota
Long Beach, Los Angeles county, California
Linn, Clinton county, Iowa
Garden Grove, Decatur county, Iowa
Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa
Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota
Saint Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota
Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania
South Dakota
General
The thing Mary's grandson Cluett Searls remembers most about his grandmother was her unfailing good nature and what a marvelous cook she was.
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I__0217 - Burial Information in Riverside Cemetery in Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
O__0002 - Family of Cyrus Douglass and George L. Douglass, handwritten
O__0053 - Family of Elizabeth Ann (Metier) Douglass
O__0057 - 1860 Census for Garden Grove, Decatur county, Iowa with George L. Douglass
O__0149 - Headstone for Mary Louise (Douglass) Searls
OS_0005 - Photo of Mary L. (Douglass) Searls Portrait [dark]
OS_0006 - Photo of Mary L. (Douglass) Searls Portrait in Her Later Years
OS_0007 - Photo of Mary L. (Douglass) Searls in Front of Stone Wall
OS_0008 - Photo of Mary L. (Douglass) Searls on Porch Steps
OS_0009 - Obituary of Mary L. (Douglass) Searls [original]
S__0044 - Photo of Ethel (Searls) McKibben Wedding Picture
S__0050 - Photo of Home of Edwin James and Mary Louise (Douglass) Searls
S__0105 - Photo of Edwin J. and Mary L. (Douglass) Searls and Their Seven Children
S__0117 - Photo of Edwin J. Searls and Mary L. Douglass, Portrait taken in Pecatonica
S__0119 - Photo of Mary Louise (Douglass) Searls
S__0250 - 1885 State Census for Akron, Plymouth county Iowa with Edwin J. Searls Family
S__0251 - 1900 Census for Akron, Plymouth county Iowa with Edwin Searls Family
S__0253 - 1910 Census for Akron, Plymouth county Iowa with Edwin J. Searls Family
S__0256 - 1940 Census for Long Beach, Los Angeles county, California with Mary Searls
S__0259 - 1920 Census for Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa with Mary L. (Douglass) Searls
S__0260 - 1930 Census for Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa with Mary L. (Douglass) Searls
Z__0036 - Map of Counties of Iowa
Z__0051 - Map of Counties of South Dakota
I__0217 - Burial Information in Riverside Cemetery in Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
O__0002 - Family of Cyrus Douglass and George L. Douglass, handwritten
O__0053 - Family of Elizabeth Ann (Metier) Douglass
O__0057 - 1860 Census for Garden Grove, Decatur county, Iowa with George L. Douglass
O__0149 - Headstone for Mary Louise (Douglass) Searls
OS_0005 - Photo of Mary L. (Douglass) Searls Portrait [dark]
OS_0006 - Photo of Mary L. (Douglass) Searls Portrait in Her Later Years
OS_0007 - Photo of Mary L. (Douglass) Searls in Front of Stone Wall
OS_0008 - Photo of Mary L. (Douglass) Searls on Porch Steps
OS_0009 - Obituary of Mary L. (Douglass) Searls [original]
S__0044 - Photo of Ethel (Searls) McKibben Wedding Picture
S__0050 - Photo of Home of Edwin James and Mary Louise (Douglass) Searls
S__0105 - Photo of Edwin J. and Mary L. (Douglass) Searls and Their Seven Children
S__0117 - Photo of Edwin J. Searls and Mary L. Douglass, Portrait taken in Pecatonica
S__0119 - Photo of Mary Louise (Douglass) Searls
S__0250 - 1885 State Census for Akron, Plymouth county Iowa with Edwin J. Searls Family
S__0251 - 1900 Census for Akron, Plymouth county Iowa with Edwin Searls Family
S__0253 - 1910 Census for Akron, Plymouth county Iowa with Edwin J. Searls Family
S__0256 - 1940 Census for Long Beach, Los Angeles county, California with Mary Searls
S__0259 - 1920 Census for Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa with Mary L. (Douglass) Searls
S__0260 - 1930 Census for Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa with Mary L. (Douglass) Searls
Z__0036 - Map of Counties of Iowa
Z__0051 - Map of Counties of South Dakota
Sources
Book [?] Northwestern Iowa, Biography of Edwin Searls, ?1890-1895
Edwin J. Searls Family record
George Douglass Family record
Letters from Cluett Searls, Postville Iowa, 1980
Mary Douglass Searls death certificate, St Paul Minnesota, 1945
Mary Douglass Searls obituary, Akron Iowa, 1945
Notes taken at the Riverside Cemetery in Akron Iowa
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Book [?] Northwestern Iowa, Biography of Edwin Searls, ?1890-1895
Edwin J. Searls Family record
George Douglass Family record
Letters from Cluett Searls, Postville Iowa, 1980
Mary Douglass Searls death certificate, St Paul Minnesota, 1945
Mary Douglass Searls obituary, Akron Iowa, 1945
Notes taken at the Riverside Cemetery in Akron Iowa
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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