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Milton Alphonse MOORE 1845-1917
Fathers:MARTIN,RUFUS,SAMUEL,JOHN,JOHN,JOHN,JOHN
Milton Alphonse MOORE 1845-1917
Fathers:MARTIN,RUFUS,SAMUEL,JOHN,JOHN,JOHN,JOHN
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Parents and Siblings
- Parent: MARTIN MOORE, male, born:1804-02-11 Dummerston (Windham) Vermont, died:1878-02-13 (74y 0m 2d) Somerville (Middlesex) Massachusetts, Anc:1, Dad:RUFUS MOORE, Mom:RACHEL MOORE, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:7
- Parent: DOLLY DEAN, female, born:1803-05-17 Dummerston (Windham) Vermont, died:1863-08-23 (60y 3m 6d) Brattleboro (Windham) Vermont, Anc:1, Dad:RICHARD DEAN, Mom:HANNAH GOSS, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:10
- Sibling: Martin Henry MOORE, male, born:1829-03-15 Dummerston (Windham) Vermont, died:1904-06-29 (75y 3m 14d) , Dad:MARTIN MOORE, Mom:DOLLY DEAN, #M:1, #SrcDocs:4
- Sibling: Milton Alphonse MOORE
- Sibling: Laura MOORE, female, born:1833-02-26 Dummerston (Windham) Vermont, died:1904-05-29 (71y 3m 3d) Brattleboro (Windham) Vermont, Dad:MARTIN MOORE, Mom:DOLLY DEAN, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:5
- Sibling: George Dwight MOORE, male, born:1836-02-07 Dummerston (Windham) Vermont, died:1923-08-20 (87y 6m 13d) Arlington (Middlesex) Massachusetts, Dad:MARTIN MOORE, Mom:DOLLY DEAN, #M:2, #SrcDocs:4
- Sibling: NEWELL SIDNEY MOORE, male, born:1842-09-03 Dummerston (Windham) Vermont, died:1925-03-23 (82y 6m 20d) Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, Anc:1, Dad:MARTIN MOORE, Mom:DOLLY DEAN, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:15
Spouse(s) and Children
- Marriage: 1873-01-09 ?Windham county Vermont
- Spouse: Mary Brady, female, born:1845 , died:1865-1935 (20y 0m 0d) , #SrcDocs:4
- ..Child: Mrs. ? MOORE, female, born:1873 ?Windham county Vermont, died:1917-1963 (44y 0m 0d) , Dad:Milton Alphonse MOORE, Mom:Mary Brady, #SrcDocs:1
- ..Child: Alice MOORE, female, born:1875 ?Windham county Vermont, died:1927-1965 (52y 0m 0d) , Dad:Milton Alphonse MOORE, Mom:Mary Brady, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: Sybil\Sibley MOORE, female, born:1877 ?Windham county Vermont, died:1927-1967 (50y 0m 0d) , Dad:Milton Alphonse MOORE, Mom:Mary Brady, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: Coyla\Coila MOORE, female, born:1879 ?Le Mars (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1917-1969 (38y 0m 0d) , Dad:Milton Alphonse MOORE, Mom:Mary Brady, #SrcDocs:1
Events
Livedin: 1842-1865, Age:71y 10m 4d, Windham county Vermont, Milton had a house in LeMars that was on a city block. By 1980 his property belonged to a vocational school.
Birth: 1845-08-19, Age:71y 10m 4d, Dummerston, Windham county, Vermont
Census: 1850 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Dummerston, Windham county, Vermont, Role:census federal, Milton age 4 b.VT with parents
Married: 1873-01-09, Age:71y 10m 4d, ?Windham county Vermont, Role:groom
Job: 1878 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Le Mars, Plymouth county, Iowa, Role:owner, lumber and coal business, Milton started his first lumber business in partnership with George E. Loring. The first was dissolved a few years later. Then Milton started the M.A. Moore Lumber Co. He was president of several lumber companies doing business in the Iowa towns of Lemar, Akron, Kingsley, Remsen, Oyens, Struble, Seney, Dalton, Brunsville, Craig, Chatsworth, and Meriden. He also had lumber yards in the South Dakota towns of Moville and Elk Point. Milton would partner himself with younger men whom he thought showed promise of success. He was always willing to loan them money to keep their yards going.
Census: 1880 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Dubuque, Dubuque county, Iowa, Role:census federal, 1880 census for Dubuque in Dubuque county Iowa with the family of M.A. (Milton Alphonse) Moore. M.A. age 50 born Vermont as were parents, he is a lumber merchant, wife Hellen age 27 born Virginia father born England mother born Virginia, son Alfred age 20 born Iowa lumber merchant, daughter Kittie age 18 born Iowa [this resolves a long-standing question of who was the 'Miss Kitty Moore of Marshalltown' in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore -- answer: his niece], daughter Nettie age 12 born Iowa, daughter Eva age 10 born Iowa, son Ervin age 2 born Iowa., ImageID: M__0060
Pos-held: 1884-1889, Age:71y 10m 4d, Le Mars, Plymouth county, Iowa, Role:mayor, He was mayor during the prohibition and fought against the sale of liquor despite having his life threatened and his property set on fire on several occasions.
Job: 1889-10 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Elk Point, Union county, South Dakota, Role:partner, lumber business, started a new lumber yard His nephew, Herbert L. Moore, managed it for him until 1929.
Census: 1900 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Marsh county Iowa, Role:census federal, 1900 census for Marshall, Marshall county, Iowa. It lists Etta Moore age 47 born in West Virginia and her father was born in England and her mother born in Scotland, daughter Kate [also named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 38 born Iowa her father born in Vermont and her mother born in Ohio, son Stanley age 19 born in Iowa his father born in West Virginia and his mother born in Vermont [the birth states for his parents are likely reversed]., ImageID: M__0062
Census: 1910 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Marsh county Iowa, Role:census federal, 1910 census for Marshall, Marshall county, Iowa with Kate Moore [she was named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 48 born Iowa her father born in Vermont and her mother born in Ohio. She is living in the household headed by P.A. Hawley along with his wife and son., ImageID: M__0063
Burial: 1917-06 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Le Mars, Plymouth county, Iowa, Rev. Joseph J. Steele, As per his wishes, Milton's funeral was strictly private at the Engelken Funeral Home. Out of town family members attending his funeral included Louis A. Moore of Mason City, Stanley D. Moore of Waterloo, A.A. Moore and Miss Kate "Kitty" Moore of Marshalltown, and Miss Annette Moore of Fort Dodge.
Death: 1917-06-23, Age:71y 10m 4d, Le Mars, Plymouth county, Iowa, pneumonia, Milton had pneumonia for ten days prior to his death. He was at work that day and got overheated from his chores. He walked home without a coat and suffered a chill which developed into a serious illness.
Census: 1920 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Marsh county Iowa, Role:census federal, 1920 census for Marshall, Marshall county, Iowa with Kate Moore [she was named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 58 born Iowa her father born in Vermont and her mother born in Ohio. She is living as a lodger in the household headed by Helen Moore and Kate is her step daughter. Also in the household is a boarder, Emma Jones., ImageID: M__0064
Census: 1930 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Marsh county Iowa, Role:census federal, 1930 census for Marshall county, Iowa with Kate Moore [she was named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 68 born Iowa her father born in Vermont and her mother born in Ohio. She is the head of the household and her step daughter Elizabeth is living with her. Kate's occupation is given as a bookkeeper., ImageID: M__0065
Census: 1940 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Marsh county Iowa, Role:census federal, 1940 census for Linn township, Marshall county, Iowa. It lists Kate Moore [named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 78 born Iowa. She is living in the household of A.E. Moore, the sister of Kate. Kate's occupation is given as a bookkeeper., ImageID: M__0066
Birth: ?, Age:71y 10m 4d, Rockingham, Windham county, Vermont
Education: ?, Age:71y 10m 4d, Windham county Vermont, Role:student
Job: ?, Age:71y 10m 4d, Dubuque, Dubuque county, Iowa, Role:partner, lumber business, with brother Newell Moore
Membership: ?, Age:71y 10m 4d, Le Mars, Plymouth county, Iowa, Republican, a most ardent progressive
Livedin: 1842-1865, Age:71y 10m 4d, Windham county Vermont, Milton had a house in LeMars that was on a city block. By 1980 his property belonged to a vocational school.
Birth: 1845-08-19, Age:71y 10m 4d, Dummerston, Windham county, Vermont
Census: 1850 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Dummerston, Windham county, Vermont, Role:census federal, Milton age 4 b.VT with parents
Married: 1873-01-09, Age:71y 10m 4d, ?Windham county Vermont, Role:groom
Job: 1878 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Le Mars, Plymouth county, Iowa, Role:owner, lumber and coal business, Milton started his first lumber business in partnership with George E. Loring. The first was dissolved a few years later. Then Milton started the M.A. Moore Lumber Co. He was president of several lumber companies doing business in the Iowa towns of Lemar, Akron, Kingsley, Remsen, Oyens, Struble, Seney, Dalton, Brunsville, Craig, Chatsworth, and Meriden. He also had lumber yards in the South Dakota towns of Moville and Elk Point. Milton would partner himself with younger men whom he thought showed promise of success. He was always willing to loan them money to keep their yards going.
Census: 1880 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Dubuque, Dubuque county, Iowa, Role:census federal, 1880 census for Dubuque in Dubuque county Iowa with the family of M.A. (Milton Alphonse) Moore. M.A. age 50 born Vermont as were parents, he is a lumber merchant, wife Hellen age 27 born Virginia father born England mother born Virginia, son Alfred age 20 born Iowa lumber merchant, daughter Kittie age 18 born Iowa [this resolves a long-standing question of who was the 'Miss Kitty Moore of Marshalltown' in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore -- answer: his niece], daughter Nettie age 12 born Iowa, daughter Eva age 10 born Iowa, son Ervin age 2 born Iowa., ImageID: M__0060
Pos-held: 1884-1889, Age:71y 10m 4d, Le Mars, Plymouth county, Iowa, Role:mayor, He was mayor during the prohibition and fought against the sale of liquor despite having his life threatened and his property set on fire on several occasions.
Job: 1889-10 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Elk Point, Union county, South Dakota, Role:partner, lumber business, started a new lumber yard His nephew, Herbert L. Moore, managed it for him until 1929.
Census: 1900 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Marsh county Iowa, Role:census federal, 1900 census for Marshall, Marshall county, Iowa. It lists Etta Moore age 47 born in West Virginia and her father was born in England and her mother born in Scotland, daughter Kate [also named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 38 born Iowa her father born in Vermont and her mother born in Ohio, son Stanley age 19 born in Iowa his father born in West Virginia and his mother born in Vermont [the birth states for his parents are likely reversed]., ImageID: M__0062
Census: 1910 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Marsh county Iowa, Role:census federal, 1910 census for Marshall, Marshall county, Iowa with Kate Moore [she was named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 48 born Iowa her father born in Vermont and her mother born in Ohio. She is living in the household headed by P.A. Hawley along with his wife and son., ImageID: M__0063
Burial: 1917-06 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Le Mars, Plymouth county, Iowa, Rev. Joseph J. Steele, As per his wishes, Milton's funeral was strictly private at the Engelken Funeral Home. Out of town family members attending his funeral included Louis A. Moore of Mason City, Stanley D. Moore of Waterloo, A.A. Moore and Miss Kate "Kitty" Moore of Marshalltown, and Miss Annette Moore of Fort Dodge.
Death: 1917-06-23, Age:71y 10m 4d, Le Mars, Plymouth county, Iowa, pneumonia, Milton had pneumonia for ten days prior to his death. He was at work that day and got overheated from his chores. He walked home without a coat and suffered a chill which developed into a serious illness.
Census: 1920 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Marsh county Iowa, Role:census federal, 1920 census for Marshall, Marshall county, Iowa with Kate Moore [she was named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 58 born Iowa her father born in Vermont and her mother born in Ohio. She is living as a lodger in the household headed by Helen Moore and Kate is her step daughter. Also in the household is a boarder, Emma Jones., ImageID: M__0064
Census: 1930 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Marsh county Iowa, Role:census federal, 1930 census for Marshall county, Iowa with Kate Moore [she was named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 68 born Iowa her father born in Vermont and her mother born in Ohio. She is the head of the household and her step daughter Elizabeth is living with her. Kate's occupation is given as a bookkeeper., ImageID: M__0065
Census: 1940 , Age:71y 10m 4d, Marsh county Iowa, Role:census federal, 1940 census for Linn township, Marshall county, Iowa. It lists Kate Moore [named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 78 born Iowa. She is living in the household of A.E. Moore, the sister of Kate. Kate's occupation is given as a bookkeeper., ImageID: M__0066
Birth: ?, Age:71y 10m 4d, Rockingham, Windham county, Vermont
Education: ?, Age:71y 10m 4d, Windham county Vermont, Role:student
Job: ?, Age:71y 10m 4d, Dubuque, Dubuque county, Iowa, Role:partner, lumber business, with brother Newell Moore
Membership: ?, Age:71y 10m 4d, Le Mars, Plymouth county, Iowa, Republican, a most ardent progressive
Places In
Dubuque (Dubuque) Iowa
Marsh county Iowa
Le Mars (Plymouth) Iowa
Elk Point (Union) South Dakota
Dummerston (Windham) Vermont
Rockingham (Windham) Vermont
Dubuque (Dubuque) Iowa
Marsh county Iowa
Le Mars (Plymouth) Iowa
Elk Point (Union) South Dakota
Dummerston (Windham) Vermont
Rockingham (Windham) Vermont
General
Milton helped establish Western Union College, the Normal Park school, and Cleveland Park.
Article on pages 555-556 in the book 'Progresive Men of Iowa' about Milton A. Moore. He was the older brother of ancestor Newell Sidney Moore. Milton was considered as one of the early pioneers of Iowa and was a successful businessman in the state. The article mentions their parents and that Milton went into business with a brother but did not mention Newell's name. · · 1910 census in Marshall, Marshall county, Iowa with Kate Moore [she was named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 48 born Iowa her father born in Vermont and her mother born in Ohio. She is living in the household headed by P.A. Hawley along with his wife and son. · · 1920 censusin Marshall, Marshall county, Iowa with Kate Moore [she was named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 58 born Iowa her father born in Vermont and her mother born in Ohio. She is living as a lodger in the household headed by Helen Moore and Kate is her step daughter. Also in the household is a boarder, Emma Jones. · · 1930 censusin Marshall county, Iowa with Kate Moore [she was named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 68 born Iowa her father born in Vermont and her mother born in Ohio. She is the head of the household and her step daughter Elizabeth is living with her. Kate's occupation is given as a bookkeeper. · · 1940 censusin Linn township, Marshall county, Iowa. It lists Kate Moore [named in the 1925 obituary of Newell S. Moore] age 78 born Iowa. She is living in the household of A.E. Moore, the sister of Kate. Kate's occupation is given as a bookkeeper. · · One of the children of Milton was Kate "Kittie". She was mentioned in the 1925 obituary of her uncle Newell S. Moore as "Miss Kitty Moore of Marshalltown". This author had wondered for many years how she was related to the Moore family. The answer finally came when the 1880 census in Dubuque for her father Milton was found. She appears
Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
M__0009 - Family Record of Samuel and Zerish Moore
M__0060 - 1880 Census for Dubuque, Dubuque county, Iowa with Milton Moore Family
M__0189 - Article about Milton A. Moore, brother of Newell Sidney Moore
M__0190 - Photograph of Milton A. Moore
M__0009 - Family Record of Samuel and Zerish Moore
M__0060 - 1880 Census for Dubuque, Dubuque county, Iowa with Milton Moore Family
M__0189 - Article about Milton A. Moore, brother of Newell Sidney Moore
M__0190 - Photograph of Milton A. Moore
Sources
Letters from Harriett Tucker, Akron Iowa, 1980
Letters from Harriett Tucker, Akron Iowa, 1980
Data Issues
AncFlags between Spouses Mismatched
AncFlags between Spouses Mismatched
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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
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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
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