January
1 - Edsel Ford takes over Ford Motor Company
6 - Theodore Roosevelt dies
9 - John Dewitt Robertson died in Wayne Co., Illinois
15 - Boston Molasses Disaster
16 - 18th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified regarding prohibition
18 - Henry Erkman discharged from the army at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio
18 - Peace conference convenes in Paris
25 - League of Nations created in Paris
nd - Joseph Erkman discharged from army at Camp Funston, Ft. Riley, Kansas
February
January
7 - Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor
19 - Christabel Brushett & John Gallop married in St. Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorset, England
19 - Thomas Tilden baptized at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent, England, son of Nathaniel 7 Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden
January
4 - Jedidiah Lathrop born in Norwich, Connecticut son of Israel & Mary (Fellows) Lathrop
7 - General Israel Putnam born
9 - France declares war on Spain
12 - Rowland Powell md. Mary Tilden in Connecticut
21 - William Beasley will written in Essex County, Virginia
March
7 - Josiah Rockwell born son of Josiah & Rebecca (Loomis) Rockwell
Something for fun . . . fashion. I'm sure our peasant ancestors were not decked out like the upper classes.
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January
1 - Frankenstein published
15 - Esther Marsh died Scotch Plains, New Jersey age 72
26 - Amelia Speer born daughter of John & Mary Barbary (Grove) Speer
February
19 - Esther (Marsh) Clark probate
March
2 - Harriet (Rice) Powell born
15 - Andrew Jackson invades Florida during the Seminole War
18 - U.S. Congress approves first pensions for government service
January
2 - Alison Bryan md. Magdalena Erkman in Bearden, Arkansas
8 - President Woodrow Wilson reveals his Fourteen Point plan to Congress & Mississippi is first state to ratify the 18th amendment to establish prohibition
14 - Bernice Wheeler, born & died, daughter of Lonnie & Anna (Erkman) Wheeler
20 - Juanita (Freeman) Oliver born Grand Tower, IL
27 - First Tarzan movie premiers in New York City
February
3 - Mary Ellen (Hardin) Crane Rhodes died in Iowa age 75
8 - Stars & Stripes military newspaper debuts
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1616
February
26 - Roman Inquisition demands that Galileo give up heliocentrism
29 - Leap Day
March
5 - Copernicus' work banned by Catholic Church
14 - Thomas Tilden wrote his will in Kent, England:
In the name of God, Amen. The fourteenth day of March in the year of our Lord God, according to the computation of the Church of England, one thousand six hundred and sixteen.
1716
January
6 - Ruth Rockwell born Connecticut daughter of Josiah & Rebecca (Loomis) Rockwell
11 - Eunice Cobb md. Benadam Gallop in Massachusetts
February
10 - James Stuart flees Scotland
29 - Leap Day
March
Samuel Clark died in Essex Co., New Jersey
30 - Charity Hodges born in Norton, MA, daughter of Joseph & Bethiah (Williams) Hodges
1816
January
3 - Charles Sneed md. Katherine Dove in Pulaski Co., KY
8 - Abraham Colclasure born Indiana son of John & Rachel (Galbraith) Colclasure
15 - Richard Hocker born in Lincoln Co., KY son of Joseph & Elizabeth (Dunn) Hocker
29 - Johnson Fitzgerald bought 160 acres of land Gibson Co., IN
1916
January
World War I in progress
1 - 2nd Rose Bowl Game played, Washington State beat Brown 14-0
5 - Veneta Smith born daughter of Elzo & Mayme (Jones) Smith
6 - Meryl Anderson born in Illinois son of Elmer & Edna (Wilkin) Anderson
7 - Germans take Verdun
9 - Edna Gurley md. Henry Erkman in Wayne City, IL
13 - Mahala (Benefield) Hord Smith Smith died in Neoga, IL
18 - meteorite hits house near Baxter, MO
23 - Sylva Lathrop born in Illinois daughter of Mont & Daisy (Caudle) Lathrop
25 - Laura (Speer) Button died in Louisville, KY, buried Cave Hill Cemetery
26 - John Butler born Wayne City, IL son of Morton & Mary (Robertson) Butler
28 - Louis Brandeis appointed to Supreme Court
29 - Delia Robinson married Elmer Wilkin
