Events of 1899

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1899 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• Peace Treaty Signed between the United States and Spain.
• The Philippine War began
• The great blizzard of 1899 effects the entire east coast, including southern Florida.
• A tornado destroyed the town of New Richmond, Wisconsin, killing 117.
• A hurricane destroyed the town of Diamond City, North Carolina
  
• Voting machines were approved for use in the US by Congress
• Mount Ranier National Park was established
• Asprin was patented
• The paperclip was patented
  
• Martha M. Place was the first woman to be executed in the electric chair.
• Gold was discovered in Nome, Alaska
• Michael Camfield died.
  

Events of 1898

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1898 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• The USS Maine is sunk in Havana, Cuba, leading the US to declare war on Spain.
• Spanish American War - Anna's son, Frank will go to Cuba
• February 12, 1898, the California Genealogical Society was formed
• Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition held in Omaha, NE
• Yukon Territory is formed
• The United States annexed the Hawaiian Islands
• Radium discovered
• Post office authorized the use of postcards
• United States acquired Phillipines, Guam and Puerto Rico at end of the Spanish American War
  

Events of 1897

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1897 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• The Greerbrier Ghost testifies in the murder trial of Erasmus Shue
  
• Harrisburg, PA destroyed by fire
• William McKinley becomes US President
• The Boston subway opens
• Lattimer Massacre, Pennsylvania
• First use of the word computer

Events of 1896

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1896 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• Utah becomes the 45th state
• Athens, Greece hosts the 1st modern Olympic Games
• First edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average published
• A tornado devastates St Louis, MO
• An earthquake and tsunami kills 27,000 in Japan
• 58 miners killed in Pittston City, PA - list of the dead
  
• The Ford Quadricycle debutes
• Klondike gold rush begins
• John Phillips Sousa composed Stars and Stripes Forever
• 1st x-ray
• Tootsie Roll introduced

Events of 1895

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1895 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• Congress authorised the mint in Denver, CO
• Cuban War for Independence begins
• Caroline Willard Baldwin was the first woman awarded a Ph.D.
  
• 1st U.S. Open golf tournament
• Volleyball is created
• Atlanta Compromise Speach given by Booker T Washington
• Biltmore House opens in Ashville, NC
• The Swarovski Company opens.

Events of 1894

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1894 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• The International Olympic Committee was formed
• Bubonic Plague breaks out in Hong Kong
• Pullman Strike in Illinois
• Tailors Strike in NYC
• Great Hinkley Fire in Minnesota
• Boston bleacher fire
  

Events of 1893

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1893 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• The U.S. Marines intervene in Hawaii, resulting in overthrow of the government of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii.
• The World's Fair opens in Chicago
• The Panic of 1893 is the start of a national depression
• Women were granted the right to vote in Colorado
  
• The tomato is legally declared to be a vegetable by the United States Supreme Court
• The Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, UT was dedicated
• Lizzie Bordon was acquitted
  
• America the Beautiful was written by Katharine Lee Bates

Events of 1892

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1892 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• Ellis Island opens
• The Johnson County War breaks out in Wyoming
• Sierra Club is organized
• Lizzie Borden's father and step-mother are found murdered
• Pledge of Allegiance recited in schools
• The Stanley Cup is donated by Sir Frederick Stanley.
• Grover Cleveland defeats Benjamin Harrison
• Myers Automatic Booth employed by voters at Lockport, NY
• Adirondack Park is created

Events of 1891

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1891 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• The International Copyright Act of 1891 is passed
• The first escalator was patented by Jesse Reno
• The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago
  
• The Music Hall, later known as Carnegie Hall has it's grand opening
• James Naismith invented basketball.
• Canada's prime minister Sir John Macdonald dies in office at Ottawa at age 76
• Colorado Gold Rush at Cripple Creek
• The first American Express Travelers Cheques are sold

Events of 1890

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1890 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns


• Idaho and Wyoming are admitted to the United States.


• William Kemmler is the first person executed in the electric chair at Auburn, NY


• The Daughters of the American Revolution is founded


• Wounded Knee Massacre


• Sherman Anti Trust Act becomes law
  
• Mississippi revises it's Constitution

Events of 1889

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1889 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington admitted as U. S. States


• Benjamin Harrison begins his term as President


• The Eiffell Tower opens


• Oklahoma Land Rush


• Johnstown flood


• Great Seattle Fire


• Wall Street Journal established


• Nellie Blye begins her trip around the world


• Flexible flyer sled invented by Sam Leeds Allen


• The Sons of the American Revolution is founded


• Tippecanoe Place completed
  

Events of 1888

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1888 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• 1888 was a leap year


• Schoolchildren's blizzard


• March blizzard of 1888


• Brazil abolished slavery


• Jack the Ripper's murder spree begins


• George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film.


• The Washington Monument opened to the public


• National Geographic founded


• Willard Bundy patents time card clock

Events of 1887

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1887 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• Pearl Harbor leased by the United Sates for a Naval Base
• 15" snowflakes reported ay Fort Keogh, MT
• 1st Groundhog Day obserance in Punxsutawney, PA
• Dawes Act
• Susanna M Salter elected 1st female mayor in US; Argonia, KS
• A. G. Edwards founded
• Carlisle D. Graham survives 2nd ride in Niagara waterfall in barrel (No relation hat I'm aware of!)
• Sears hires Roebuck and sells watches
• Blizzards continue across US
• Log Cabin Syrup introduced

Events of 1886

My family seemed fairly isolated from US and world events around them. Here are just a few events from 1886 that they may or may not have been aware of.

• April Blizzard strikes Detroit, MI


• Easter occurrs on the latest possible date - April 25


• Karl Benz patents and builds 1st car that runs on gas


• Aluminum Manufacturing process developed


• Carrollton Massacre in Mississippi


• CocaCola sold for the first time


• Haymarket riot in Chicago, IL


• President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom


• 1st Civil Rights Act passes


• 1st major eathquake in the eastern US, Charleston, SC


• Typewriter ribbon patented by George K Anderson
  
• Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war


• October hurricane kills 250 in Indianola, TX


• Statue of Liberty dedicated