Rossman - Cheney

Charles Ernest Rossman

Person Chart

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
Jacob Rossman Caroline Gueder
Jacob Rossman Caroline Gueder

Partners

Partner Date of Birth Children
Nettie Ranney 11 JAN 1877 Karl W. Rossman
Mildred E. Rossman
William James Rossman
Ralph Ranney Rossman
E. Maxine Rossman
Maurine R. Rossman
Nettie Ranney 11 JAN 1877 Karl W. Rossman
Mildred E. Rossman
William James Rossman
Ralph Ranney Rossman
E. Maxine Rossman
Maurine R. Rossman

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth ABT 4 FEB 1869 Tiffin, OH
Birth ABT 4 FEB 1869 Tiffin, OH
Marriage 20 FEB 1901
Marriage 20 FEB 1901
Death 5 JUN 1957 Paola, KS
Death 5 JUN 1957 Paola, KS

Kinship Report

Name Type Place of Birth Date of Birth Place of Death Date of Death
Partner
Nettie Ranney Wife Osawatomie, Miami, KS 11 JAN 1877 PAOLA CEMETERY in Paola, Miami, KS 5 JUN 1955
Brothers & Sisters
Augusta Rossman Sister
Henry Rossman Brother
Rossman Sister
William Jacob Rossman Sister
Children
Karl W. Rossman Son 24 NOV 1901
Mildred E. Rossman Daughter 27 MAR 1905
William James Rossman Son 9 JUL 1906
Ralph Ranney Rossman Son Paola, Miami, KS 29 AUG 1908 21 MAR 1980
E. Maxine Rossman Daughter 22 OCT 1910 25 APR 1997
Maurine R. Rossman Daughter 15 NOV 1912 2 APR 1957
Parents
Caroline Gueder Mother
Jacob Rossman Father
Grandchildren
William Meier Rossman Grandson 25 JAN 1936 17 August 2018, 5:03 PM
Great grandchildren
William Meier Rossman Jr. Great grandson Lansing, Michigan 1958
Michael Christian Rossman Great grandson 29 JUN 1959 Ashes spread at the Applachain Trail Overlook Route 501 28 MAY 1998
Todd Ryan Rossman Great grandson 3 JAN 1963
Second grandchildren
Nicole Rossman Second granddaughter 9 JAN 1986
Michael Christian Rossman Second grandson 21 JAN 1990
Didzis Rossman Second grandson 29 SEP 1998
William Meier Rossman III Second grandson 6 SEP 2000
Namejs Rossman Second grandson 10 SEP 2000
Third grandchildren
Yariah Third granddaughter
Parents-In-Law
James Knox Polk Ranney Father-in-law Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, WI 17 JUL 1848 Osawatomie, Miami, KS 4 AUG 1922
Ida Louise Inman Mother-in-law Janesville, WI 20 FEB 1857 Osawatomie, Miami, KS 27 SEP 1938
Sons- & Daughters-In-Law
Arthur Ray Son-in-law
Frieda Louise Meier Daughter-in-law 9 NOV 1907 Pine Grove, PA 5 MAR 1995
Ersa Katherine Wilcox Daughter-in-law 30 JAN 1909 14 SEP 1998
Elmer H. Lucas Son-in-law Olathe, Johnson, KS 1909 MO 28 DEC 1977
Brothers- & Sisters-In-Law
Mabel Ranney Sister-in-law Osawatomie, Miami, KS 28 JAN 1875 Osawatomie, Miami, KS 30 MAR 1934
Ralph Ranney Brother-in-law Osawatomie, Miami, KS 3 AUG 1878 Pueblo, Pueblo, CO 4 APR 1952
Clarence Ranney Brother-in-law Osawatomie, Miami, KS 12 APR 1881 Osawatomie, Miami, KS 3 MAY 1964
Addie Ranney Sister-in-law 24 JUN 1883 17 AUG 1975
Anna Ranney Sister-in-law 24 JUN 1883 Osawatomie, Miami, KS 25 APR 1943
Bessie Ranney Sister-in-law 17 MAR 1888
Ethel Mae Ranney Sister-in-law 6 JAN 1894 4 FEB 1974
Grandparents-in-law
Ann Ostrander McCarty Grandmother-in-law
John B. Inman Grandfather-in-law Hanover, York, PA 28 JAN 1801 Napavine, Lewis, WA 27 SEP 1890
William Ranney Grandfather-in-law Ashfield, MA 23 OCT 1805 Osawatomie, Miami, KS 8 APR 1888
Hannah Scidmore Grandmother-in-law NY 12 NOV 1828 Napavine, Lewis, WA 1 FEB 1890
Great grandparents-in-law
Polly Stewart Great grandmother-in-law Michigan 1850
Unnamed Person Great grandmother-in-law
Unnamed Person Great grandmother-in-law
William Ann Roxy Ostrander Great grandfather-in-law
Richard Inman Great grandfather-in-law CT 17 AUG 1751 Hanover, York, PA 5 JUL 1831
Hannah Spencer Great grandmother-in-law JUN 1763 Hanover Twsp., Luzerne, PA 23 FEB 1835
Samuel Hall Ranney Great grandfather-in-law Chatham, CT 6 MAR 1772 Phelps, NY 27 JUN 1837
Abner Brush Skidmore Great grandfather-in-law Malta, Saratoga, NY ABT 1787 Plymouth, Rock, WI, USA 30 OCT 1849
Mary Ann Corey Great grandmother-in-law Rensselaer, Rensselaer, NY 6 JUN 1795
Second great grandparents-in-law
Corey Second great grandfather-in-law
Corey Second great grandmother-in-law
Ester Hall Second great grandmother-in-law 3 MAR 1807
Elijah Inman Second great grandfather-in-law Providence, Providence, RI AUG 1715 Hanover Twsp., Luzerne, PA 17 FEB 1804
Susanna Inman Second great grandmother-in-law Smithfield, Providence, RI 29 MAY 1722 Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA 21 JUL 1809
George Ranney Second great grandfather-in-law East Middletown, CT 6 JUN 1746 14 JAN 1822
Elizabeth Scidmore Second great grandmother-in-law Saratoga 1750 Saratoga, New York, USA 1833
John Skidmore Second great grandfather-in-law New Jersey, USA 1750 Malta, Saratoga, New York 25 Nov 1830
Third great grandparents-in-law
George Ranney Third great grandfather-in-law 25 FEB 1805
Hall Third great grandfather-in-law
Hall Third great grandmother-in-law
Edward Inman Third great grandfather-in-law Providence, Providence, RI 1679
Mary Malavery Third great grandmother-in-law Providence, Providence, RI 1684
John Inman Jr. Third great grandfather-in-law Providence, Providence, RI 7 JUL 1684 Glocester, Providence, RI 3 AUG 1741
Susanna Ballou Third great grandmother-in-law Providence, Providence, RI 3 JAN 1695
John Scidmore Third great grandfather-in-law Fresh Pond, Suffolk, Hunting, Long Island 1706 Albany, New York, USA 1784
Elizabeth Brush Third great grandmother-in-law Huntington, Long Island, NY, USA 1717
Hannah Sage Third great grandmother-in-law Upper Houses, CT 15 MAR 1724 East Middletown, CT 7 JUN 1797
Captain Samuel Hall Third great grandfather-in-law East Middletown, CT 15 AUG 1724 21 APR 1811
Elizabeth Wilcox Third great grandmother-in-law 1726 11 JAN 1747
Fourth great grandparents-in-law
Elizabeth Fourth great grandmother-in-law
Mary Hale Fourth great grandmother-in-law Glastonbury, CT 26 NOV 1749
Mary Hall Fourth great grandmother-in-law
Susanna Whitman Fourth great grandmother-in-law
John Scidmore Fourth great grandfather-in-law Huntington Li, Suffolk, England 1643 Schenectady, New York 1758
John B. Inman Sr. Fourth great grandmother-in-law Braintree, Norfolk, MA 18 JUL 1648 Providence, Providence, RI 6 AUG 1712
James Ballou Fourth great grandfather-in-law Providence, Providence, RI 16 NOV 1652
Mary Whitman Fourth great grandmother-in-law Providence, Providence, RI 16 NOV 1652 27 APR 1720
Elizabeth Bennet Fourth great grandmother-in-law 1654 Providence, Providence, RI 1721
Edward Inman Fourth great grandfather-in-law Providence, Providence, RI 1 JUL 1654 14 JUN 1735
Samuel Hall Fourth great grandfather-in-law Upper Houses, CT 24 FEB 1663 6 MAR 1739
Susanna Ketcham Fourth great grandmother-in-law Newtown, Lewis, New York, USA 1682 Long Island, Suffolk, New York, USA 1740
Thomas Brush Fourth great grandfather-in-law Long Island 1683 Newtown, New York, USA 13 Apr 1749
Susanna Smith Fourth great grandmother-in-law Huntington, New York, USA 1687 Smithtown, Livingston, New York, USA 1771
George Ranney Fourth great grandfather-in-law 28 OCT 1695 28 MAR 1725
John Sage Fourth great grandfather-in-law 28 APR 1696
Fifth great grandparents-in-law
Hannah Starr Fifth great grandmother-in-law
Mary Whitman Fifth great grandmother-in-law
Mercy Hurlbut Fifth great grandmother-in-law Middleton, CT
Rebecca Willett Fifth great grandmother-in-law Hartford, CT
Elizabeth Hopkins Fifth great grandmother-in-law England ABT 1619 Providence, Providence, RI ABT 1654
Edward Inman Fifth great grandfather-in-law St. Margaret, London, England 5 MAR 1620 Providence, Providence, RI JUN 1706
John Ketcham Fifth great grandfather-in-law England 1622 Newtown, Westchester, New York, USA 1697
Mathurin Ballou Fifth great grandfather-in-law 1623 31 JAN 1662
Hannah Pike Fifth great grandmother-in-law Devon, England 1626
Bethia Richardson Fifth great grandmother-in-law Newton, New York, USA 1630 Newtown, Queens, New York, USA 1730
Thomas Ranney Fifth great grandfather-in-law 1 MAR 1660 6 FEB 1726
John Scidmore Fifth great grandfather-in-law Huntington Long Island, New York, USA 1660 Huntington, Long Island 1737
Sarah Whitman Fifth great grandmother-in-law Hunting, Long Island, NY 1661 Fresh Pond Neck, New York, USA 1743
John Sage Fifth great grandfather-in-law 6 MAR 1668 22 JAN 1750
Thomas Hale Fifth great grandfather-in-law SEP 1675
Captain Valentine Whitman Fifth great grandfather-in-law 26 JAN 1701
6th great grandparents-in-law
Comfort Starr 6th great grandfather-in-law
David Sage 6th great grandfather-in-law 31 MAR 1703
Hale 6th great grandmother-in-law
Hannah Adams 6th great grandmother-in-law
Hurlbut 6th great grandmother-in-law
Mary Hubbard 6th great grandmother-in-law 18 DEC 1721
Nathaniel Willett 6th great grandfather-in-law
Pike 6th great grandmother-in-law
Rachel Harris 6th great grandmother-in-law
Robert Pike 6th great grandfather-in-law
Thomas Hurlbut 6th great grandfather-in-law
Thomas Ranney 6th great grandfather-in-law
William Hopkins 6th great grandfather-in-law ABT 1577
Joanna Arnold 6th great grandmother-in-law Ilchester, Somersetshire, England 30 NOV 1577 Yeovil, Devonshire, England
John Inman 6th great grandfather-in-law Westminster Parish, London, England ABT 1580 ABT 1620
Samuel Hale 6th great grandfather-in-law 1610 Glastonbury, CT 9 NOV 1693
Thomas Scidmore 6th great grandfather-in-law Mayshill Westerleigh Glouchestershire, England 1625 Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA 1683
John Richardson 6th great grandfather-in-law 1628 Stamford, Connecticut, 1683
Grace Scidmore 6th great grandmother-in-law England 1630 Hempstead, New York, USA 31 Aug 1698
Martha Mead 6th great grandmother-in-law England 1635 Stamford, Northamptonshire, England 1675
Sarah Ketchem 6th great grandmother-in-law Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 1642 Suffolk, Livingston, New York, USA 1740
Joseph Whitman 6th great grandfather-in-law Ipwich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 1643 Suffolk, New York, USA 1740
Elizabeth Kirby 6th great grandmother-in-law Hartford, CT 8 SEP 1646 1669
7th great grandparents-in-law
Elizabeth Hinds 7th great grandmother-in-law
John Kirby 7th great grandfather-in-law APR 1677
Rebecca Fletcher 7th great grandmother-in-law 1678
Sarah Howes 7th great grandmother-in-law 1698
Starr 7th great grandmother-in-law
Starr 7th great grandfather-in-law
Thomas Arnold 7th great grandfather-in-law Cheselbourne, England 1549 Ilchester, Somersetshire, England
Alice Gully 7th great grandmother-in-law Northover, Tilpudle, England 1553 Ilchester, Somersetshire, England 1590
William Inman 7th great grandfather-in-law St. Margaret, Westminster, England 12 SEP 1563
Edward Ketchem 7th great grandfather-in-law Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England 1591 Stratford Fairfiled, Connecticut, USA 18 Jun 1655
William Mead 7th great grandfather-in-law Lydd, England 1599 Connecticut, USA 1657
Zachariah Whitman 7th great grandfather-in-law Holt, England 1600 Milton, Connecticut, USA 23 Apr 1663
Martha Davis 7th great grandmother-in-law 1602 1657 Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Jeremy Adams 7th great grandfather-in-law Staplehurst Kent, England 1604 Hartford, CT 11 AUG 1683
Thomas Scidmore 7th great grandfather-in-law England 1606 31 Oct 1684 Connecticut, USA
George Richardson 7th great grandfather-in-law Essex, England 1608 Connecticut, USA
Mary Richardson 7th great grandmother-in-law 1611 Watertown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Sarah Biscoe 7th great grandmother-in-law Chesham, England 1616 Milford, Connecticut, USA 1671
George Hubbard 7th great grandfather-in-law England 1620 Middleton, CT
Elizabeth Watts 7th great grandmother-in-law Dorset, England 1622 Middleton, CT 6 DEC 1702
Sarah Salmon 7th great grandmother-in-law St Botophs Parish, London, England 1625 New Haven, Connecticut, USA 1672
8th great grandparents-in-law
Elizabeth Ducks 8th great grandmother-in-law
Fletcher 8th great grandmother-in-law
Hubbard 8th great grandmother-in-law
Hubbard 8th great grandfather-in-law
Humphrey Kirby 8th great grandfather-in-law
John Fletcher 8th great grandfather-in-law
Kirby 8th great grandmother-in-law
Mary Bishop 8th great grandmother-in-law England
Richard Scidmore 8th great grandfather-in-law 1606
Richard Watts 8th great grandfather-in-law
Richard Biscoe 8th great grandfather-in-law Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England 1568 Agmondesham, Buckinghamshire, England 1575
Ronald Ketchem 8th great grandfather-in-law England 1570
Elijah Davis 8th great grandfather-in-law Kent, England 1576 London, Essex, England 1605
Martha Barker 8th great grandmother-in-law Lydd, Kent, England 1579 England
Martha Turner 8th great grandmother-in-law 1580
Annes Lawrence 8th great grandmother-in-law Westbury On Trym Glouchestershire, England 1585 Westbury On Tryn, Gloucestershire, England 1655
Christopher Salmon 8th great grandfather-in-law England 1590
George Hubbard 8th great grandfather-in-law Glasstonbury, Somerset, England 1600
Bethiah Richardson 8th great grandmother-in-law Stratford, England 1602 Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
9th great grandparents-in-law
Ann Stevens 9th great grandmother-in-law
Johann Randall 9th great grandmother-in-law
John Bishop 9th great grandfather-in-law
John Biscoe 9th great grandfather-in-law England 1542 England 1606
Richard Lawrence 9th great grandfather-in-law Westerleigh Glouchestershire 1550 Westbury On Trym Glouchestershire, England 1603
William Barker 9th great grandfather-in-law Somerset, England 1550
Annie Wheatleigh 9th great grandmother-in-law Tingsboro, England 1553 1609
Lawrence 9th great grandmother-in-law Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England 1556
Peter Salmon 9th great grandfather-in-law Brough 30 Jul 1560 Brough 1625
Alice 9th great grandmother-in-law England 1565 England 1610
Edmund Hobart 9th great grandfather-in-law Hingham, Norfolk, England 1 JAN 1572 Hingham, Norfolk, England 8 MAR 1645
Margaret Dewey 9th great grandmother-in-law Wymondham, Norfolk, England 1574 Charlestown, Suffolk, England 23 JUN 1649
10th great grandparents-in-law
Margaret Stasye 10th great grandmother-in-law
Robert Dewey 10th great grandfather-in-law
Edward Randall 10th great grandfather-in-law Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England 1521 Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England 1601
Mary Wheatleigh 10th great grandmother-in-law 1525 Frome, England 1595
Randall 10th great grandmother-in-law 1525
John Wheatleigh 10th great grandfather-in-law 1530
Dorothy Bell 10th great grandmother-in-law Beaupre, Norfolk, England 19 OCT 1552 Covnent Garden, Middlesex, England 30 APR 1641
Henry Hobart 10th great grandfather-in-law Plumstead, Norfolk, England 1553
11th great grandparents-in-law
Dorothy Bell (Beaupre) 11th great grandmother-in-law
Joyce Randall 11th great grandmother-in-law
Robert Bell 11th great grandfather-in-law
Jane Joan Sutton 11th great grandmother-in-law 1490
Thomas Fiennes 11th great grandfather-in-law 1495
John Randall 11th great grandfather-in-law Romsdal, Norway 1530 Romsdal, Norway 1560
Thomas Hobart 11th great grandfather-in-law Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Audrey Hare 11th great grandmother-in-law Norfolk, Norfolk, England 1541
12th great grandparents-in-law
Alice Rugge 12th great grandmother-in-law
Tomas Henryson Randall 12th great grandfather-in-law
William Hare 12th great grandfather-in-law
Cecelia Willowghby 12th great grandmother-in-law England 1453 England
Miles Hobart 12th great grandfather-in-law Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Edward Sutton 12th great grandfather-in-law England 1483 Sussex, England 1539
Ellinor Blaverhasset 12th great grandmother-in-law County of Norfolk, England 1507
13th great grandparents-in-law
Henry Randall 13th great grandfather-in-law Romsdal, Norway
Joan Strangeways 13th great grandmother-in-law 1433 1485
William Willowghby 13th great grandfather-in-law 1433 Boston, Lincolnshire, England 14 Feb 1491
James Hubbard 13th great grandfather-in-law Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Margery Lyhart 13th great grandmother-in-law Lodden, Norfolk, England 1440 1494
14th great grandparents-in-law
Hubbard 14th great grandmother-in-law
Hubbard 14th great grandmother-in-law
Lyhart 14th great grandfather-in-law
Lyhart 14th great grandmother-in-law
Thomas Strangeways 14th great grandfather-in-law 1395 England 27 Jan 1441
Catherine De Neville 14th great grandmother-in-law Raby Castle, Durham, England 1401 Raby, Durham, England 1478
Thomas Hubbard 14th great grandfather-in-law Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
Grandchildren-in-law
Nancy Jean Cheney Granddaughter-in-law Niles, Michigan, US 26/03/1937 503 Lake Henry Dr., Winter Haven, FL 33881, US 27/02/2016
Great grandchildren-in-law
Patricia Kennedy Great granddaughter-in-law 16 OCT 1960
Cymbaline Ann Sebesky Great granddaughter-in-law 9 JUL 1963 325 Dell Dr., Perkasie, US July 23, 2011
Gita Gemuts Great granddaughter-in-law 12 NOV 1967

Notes
Company I

[Transcribed from volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed July 2002 by Carolyn Ward.]

Spanish-American War.—For four centuries after the discovery of America, the island of Cuba was a dependency of Spain. The first attempt to free Cuba by means of a revolution was the Narcisso Lopez expedition which left New Orleans in April, 1850. One detachment of Lopez's little army was commanded by Maj. Theodore O'Hara, who wrote the well known poem entitled "The Bivouac of the Dead." The expedition resulted in failure, but in 1854 the Cuban junta in New York began preparations for a revolution on a more elaborate scale. News of the movement reached the Spanish government at Madrid, the military forces on the island were increased, and the junta abandoned its plans until a more favorable opportunity offered.

An uprising in 1868 resulted in the establishment of a republican form of government, at the head of which were Betancourt, marquis of Santa Lucia, and Eduardo and Ignacio Agramonte. This was followed by a ten years' war, during which time over 100,000 Spanish troops were sent to Cuba to suppress the rebellion. At the close of the conflict, Spain fastened a debt of some $200,000,000 on the people of Cuba—about $125 for every person on the island—and this started preparations for another revolution, In these preparations Gen. Maximo Gomez, who had been commander in chief of the insurgent forces during the latter part of the ten years' war, was a conspicuous figure.

On Feb. 24, 1895, insurrection broke out in the provinces of Santiago, Santa Clara and Matanzas. The other three provinces—Havana, Puerto Principe and Pinar del Rio—did not join in the uprising against Spanish tyranny and oppression. Within 60 days over 50,000 Spanish troops, under command of Gen. Campos, were in Cuba. In Feb., 1896, Campos was superseded by Gen. Weyler, whose cruelties aroused the indignation of the civilized world, and in Oct., 1897, he was succeeded by Gen. Blanco. By that time the war had cost Spain over $200,000,000, and still the insurrection was not suppressed.

In the meantime, legislative bodies and political conventions in the United States passed resolutions urging the recognition of Cuba's belligerent rights, if not of her independence, and the press of the country was almost unanimous in denouncing the methods Spain was pursuing to conquer the islanders. But it was not until Feb. 15, 1898, that an incident occurred that led the United States to declare war against Spain. About 10 o'clock on the evening of that day the United States battleship Maine was blown up while lying at anchor in Havana harbor, and 266 gallant marines met an untimely death.

On March 29 a resolution was introduced in the United States senate recommending the recognition of Cuba's independence, and on April 11 President McKinley sent a special message to Congress asking for authority to intervene in behalf of the Cubans. In summing up the situation near the close of his message, he said: "In view of these facts and these considerations, I ask Congress to authorize and empower the president to take measures to secure a termination of hostilities between the government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and tranquility and the security of its citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for these purposes."

Nine days later the president approved the resolutions "for the recognition of the independence of Cuba, demanding that the government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the president of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect."

President McKinley immediately communicated with the Spanish minister at Washington, acquainting him with the spirit of the resolutions, but the minister asked for his passports and withdrew. About the same time the Spanish government sent passports to Minister Woodford, thus closing diplomatic relations between the two countries. On the 22nd the president proclaimed a blockade of certain Cuban ports, and the next day called for 125,000 volunteers to enforce the resolutions of the 20th, though as yet there had been no formal declaration of war. On the 25th the president sent to Congress another special message, in which he recounted the events of the last few days, and concluded by saying: "In view of the measures so taken, and with a view to the adoption of such other measures as may be necessary to enable me to carry out the expressed will of the Congress of the United States in the premises. I now recommend to your honorable body the adoption of a joint resolution declaring that a state of war exists between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain."

Congress was prompt to respond, and the same day an act was passed declaring that a state of war had existed since the 21st, though as a matter of fact the war department had been mobilizing troops for nearly two weeks prior to that date. When the news that war had been declared reached Kansas, enthusiastic demonstrations were made in a number of the leading cities and towns. At Leavenworth salutes were fired at the fort and the National Soldiers' Home, and 2,000 veterans in the home marched up and down the main parade in the rain, singing war songs and cheering. A company of the National Guard at Fort Scott quickly assembled at the armory, ready to move at a moment's notice, and a number of Spanish flags were either burned or rammed into the cannon used in firing a salute, and blown to shreds. The daily papers of Ottawa published a call for a meeting at the skating rink for the purpose of organizing a company, and at the meeting about 50 men signed the roll. Similar demonstrations were made at Olathe, Pittsburg, Independence, Salina and other towns, and at Erie there were patriotic speeches and a salute from "Old Abe," the cannon belonging to the Republican club. The Sunflower State was ready.

In accordance with the action of the war department, Gov. Leedy issued his call on April 26 for three regiments of infantry. As Kansas had furnished nineteen regiments in the Civil and Indian wars, it was decided to number the first regiment raised for the war with Spain the Twentieth, the others to follow in order. The first company to report for duty was one recruited at Kansas City, Kan., by Frederick Funston, who was commissioned colonel of the Twentieth regiment, which was mustered into the United States service at Topeka, from May 9 to 13, with the following officers: Frederick Funston, colonel; Edward C. Little, lieutenant-colonel; Frank H. Whitman and Wilder S. Metcalf, majors; William A. Deford, adjutant; Walter P. Hull, quartermaster; Charles A. Hoffman, surgeon; Henry D. Smith, assistant surgeon; John G. Schlieman, chaplain. At the time of muster in the strength of the regiment was 46 officers and 964 enlisted men.

Of the companies composing the regiment, Company A was recruited at Topeka; B at Kansas City, Kan.; C at Leavenworth; D in Crawford county; E in Anderson and Woodson counties; F in Bourbon and adjoining counties; G at Independence; H at Lawrence; I at Iola, Topeka, Paola and Osawatomie; K at Ottawa and Pleasanton; L at Abilene and Junction City; M at Salina and Minneapolis.

Almost immediately after the regimental organization was completed, the Twentieth was ordered to San Francisco, where it arrived on May 20, 1898. Here it remained until Oct. 27, when the first detachment embarked for the Philippine islands. The remainder of the regiment followed on Nov. 8, and by the first week in December the entire command was in the Philippines ready for duty. While at San Francisco the time was spent in drilling and maneuvering, so that few volunteer regiments were better disciplined or better drilled than the Twentieth Kansas.

The regiment's first appearance on the firing line was on Feb. 4, 1899, when the outposts were attacked about 10 o'clock in the evening, the firing continuing all night and until noon of the 5th, when an advance was ordered and the enemy was driven back to his trenches about 2 miles from Manila. There was some skirmishing on the 7th, and on the 10th the regiment took part in the capture of Caloocan. In addition to these engagements, the following list of actions in which the Twentieth participated is taken from the report of the adjutant-general: Marilao, March 27; Malolos, March 30; Bagbag river, April 25; Calumpit, April 26-27; Santo Tomas river, May ; occupation of San Fernando, May 6; and the defense of San Fernando, May 25. The regiment was also in skirmishes at Tulijan, March 25; Malinta, March 26; Poli, March 27; Bigoa and Guiginto, March 29; Grand river, April 27; Bacolor, May 13; and Santa Rita, May 15.

Col. Funston was promoted brigadier-general on May 4, 1899, and on the 9th Maj. Wilder S. Metcalf was made colonel. On the 25th of the same month Companies D and H, and one platoon of Company I, accompanied Gen. Funston on a skirmishing and reconnoitering party to Santa Rosa. On June 25 the three battalions of the regiment were United at Manila, but on July 12 the third battalion (Companies C, D, H and I) was ordered to report to Gen. Lawton at Paranaque, to relieve a detachment of the Fourteenth U. S. Infantry. This battalion rejoined the regiment at Manila on Aug. 9, and on Sept. 3 the "Fighting Twentieth" sailed for Hongkong, China, where it arrived on the 6th. The homeward voyage was begun on the 14th, and on Oct. 10 the regiment again went into camp at the Presidio, San Francisco, where it was mustered out on Oct. 28, with 46 officers and 720 enlisted men. On Nov. 3 "the boys" reached Topeka, where they were given a cordial reception and banquet, after which they returned to their homes.

All together, 92 officers and 1,364 enlisted men were accounted for on the muster rolls of the Twentieth infantry. Of these 3 officers and 19 men were killed in action; 11 men died of wounds; 10 officers and 120 men were wounded, but recovered; 35 died of disease, and 4 deserted.

Shortly after the regiment was mustered out, the Grand Army posts over the state started a movement to raise a fund for the purpose of giving a medal to every member of it. The fund was raised and some 1,200 medals were deposited with the department commander of the Grand Army for distribution. The Topeka Capital of April 20, 1904, published a list of those who had not yet received their medals, and whose location was unknown. This list contained about 125 names.

The Twenty-first regiment was mustered at Topeka on May 12 and 14, 1898, with the following officers: Thomas G. Fitch, colonel; Charles McCrum, lieutenant-colonel; Harry A. Smith and Willis L. Brown, majors; John B. Nicholson, adjutant; John C. Little, quartermaster; Frank C. Armstrong, surgeon; Thomas C. Biddle and Fred W. Turner, assistant surgeons; William E. Woodward, chaplain.

Company A was recruited at Great Bend; B, at Garden City; C, at Wichita; D, at Smith Center; E, at Hutchinson; F, at Winfield; G, at Osage City; H, at Eldorado; I, at Hays City; K, at Kingman; L, at Wellington; M, at Marion and McPherson, the strength at time of muster in being 46 officers and 958 enlisted men.

The regiment left Topeka on May 17 for Lysle, Ga., where it remained in Camp George H. Thomas, drilling and doing camp duty, until Aug. 25. During that time the regiment suffered an epidemic of typhoid fever which carried off 20 of its members. On Aug. 25 the Twenty-first was ordered to Camp Hamilton, Ky., and just a month later left that place for Fort Leavenworth, where it arrived on Sept. 27. The men were given a furlough for 30 days to visit their homes. This furlough was extended to Nov. 10, and on Dec. 10 the regiment was mustered out with 46 officers and 1,184 enlisted men. Concerning the Twenty-first, the adjutant-general's report says: "This regiment was made up of sturdy material, well officered, and it is a source of regret to officers and men that they were not given an opportunity to demonstrate their efficiency in the field."

The Twenty-second infantry was mustered in at Topeka, May 11 to 17, 1898, with 46 officers and 963 enlisted men. Of this regiment, Henry C. Lindsey was colonel; James Graham, lieutenant-colonel; Alexander M. Harvey and Chase Doster, majors; Clay Allen, adjutant; Henry A. Lamb (and later Charles Lindsey), quartermaster; Josephus P. Stewart, surgeon; Louis C. Duncan, Wladimir F. de Niedman and Frank H. Martin, assistant surgeons; Valeda H. Biddison, chaplain.

Company A was recruited at Parsons; B, at Concordia; C, at Beloit; D, at Holton; E, at Emporia; F, at Columbus; G, at Norton; H, at Emporia; I, at Clay Center; K, at Seneca; L, at Atchison; M, at Blue Rapids, though a large number of the members of this last named company were from Manhattan. Company H, while credited to Emporia, was called the "College Company," being made up of students of the State University, Agricultural College and State Normal School.

The regiment remained at Camp Leedy, Topeka, until May 25, when it was ordered to Camp Alger, Va. Soon after reaching there, the war department ordered each of the twelve companies to be recruited to a maximum of 106 enlisted men. Officers were detailed to return to Kansas to scure the necessary additional recruits, and in a short time the regiment's muster rolls showed 1,272 names. Early in August the regiment moved to Thoroughfare, Va., and on Aug. 29 to Camp Meade, near Middletown, Pa., where it remained until Sept. 9 when orders were received to proceed at once to Fort Leavenworth. Here a furlough of 30 days was granted to the men, and on Nov. 3, 1898, the regiment was mustered out, with 46 officers and 1,230 enlisted men. The Twenty-second was composed mainly of farmers' sons and students from the state's higher educational institutions. Consequently the personnel of the regiment was of a high order, and had opportunity offered it would no doubt have added to the state's laurels by its conduct on the field.

On May 3, 1898, while the three regiments were in process of formation, the Topeka Women's Relief Corps, No. 94, held a meeting and decided to present each regiment with a stand of colors, consisting of the Stars and Stripes and the blue state flag of Kansas. A committee was appointed to solicit contributions to purchase the flags, and in three days reported $200. Within a week the entire amount was ready, and on May 10 the ceremony of presentation took place at Topeka, though all the flags were not ready at the time. Those that were delayed were forwarded to the regiments after they left the state.

The Twenty-third infantry, an organization of two battalions, was composed entirely of colored men from the towns in the eastern part of the state. Company A was recruited at Topeka, and reported for duty on July 2, 1898; Company B, from Lawrence, reported on July 5; Companies C and D reported on the 9th, the former from Kansas City, Kan., and the latter from Fort Scott; Company E, from Wichita, reported on the 14th; Company F, from Parsons, Coffeyville and Fort Scott, on the 16th; Company G, from Kansas City, Kan., on the same date; and Company H, from Atchison, reported on the 19th, when the regiment was mustered into the U. S. service with 29 officers and 850 enlisted men.

The officers of the regiment were as follows: James Beck, lieutenant-colonel; John M. Brown and George W. Ford, majors; Samuel T. Jones, adjutant; Frederick M. Stone, quartermaster; Charles S. Sunday and Frederick D. G. Harvey, assistant surgeons.

On Aug. 22 the regiment broke camp at Topeka and proceeded by rail to New York, where it sailed on the 25th for Santiago, Cuba, arriving there on the 31st. The next day it moved to San Luis, where it remained until Feb. 28, 1899. It then returned to Santiago, and on March 1 embarked for Newport News, Va. From Newport News it returned to Kansas and on April 10 was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth. The peace protocol between the United States and Spain was signed on Aug. 12, 1898, ten days before the Twenty-third left Topeka. By the armistice thus declared hostilities had ceased before it reached Cuba, but it won the reputation of a well drilled and well disciplined regiment, and, like so many volunteer regiments, it only lacked the opportunity to demonstrate its valor and efficiency as a military organization.

In addition to the foregoing volunteer organizations, there were 31 Kansans held commissions in the regular army in the Philippines; Joseph K. Hudson was commissioned brigadier-general on May 27, 1898, and served until Oct. 3, 1899; Dr. Wladimir F. de Niedman became a brigade surgeon; Capt. Ralph Ingalls was made assistant commissary of subsistence, and near the close of the war the rank of brevet brigadier-general was awarded to Col. Wilder S. Metcalf. Taken all in all, no citizen of Kansas need to feel ashamed of the record of his state in the Spanish-American war.

On March 7, 1899, the legislature passed an act appropriating $20,000, or so much thereof as might be necessary, "for the purpose of paying the claims of persons for services rendered and expenses incurred by them in the active service, and in raising, recruiting, transporting, subsisting, equipping and medical examination of Kansas volunteers in the Spanish-American war," etc. (See Stanley's Administration.)

Hon. John C. Nicholson, who succeeded ex-Gov. Crawford as state agent, in the Kansas Magazine for July, 1909, says: "The State of Kansas expended in equipping the Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second and Twenty-third Kansas regiments for the Spanish-American war, the sum of $37,787.84, of which amount the United States has reimbursed the state in the sum of $37,200.19."

The final treaty of peace was concluded in Dec., 1899. During and immediately after the war, several societies of soldiers and marines were organized to perpetuate the friendships and associations formed while the war was in progress. On April 18, 1904, the national encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans was organized by the consolidation of the National Army and Navy Spanish War Veterans, the National Association of Spanish-American War Veterans, and the Society of the Service Men of the Spanish War, with Edward J. Gihon, of Wakefield, Mass., commander-in-chief. The society is conducted on a plan similar to that of the Grand Army of the Republic, by being divided into state departments, all soldiers and sailors of the regular and volunteer army, navy and marine corps who served honorably in the war with Spain or the insurrection in the Philippines being eligible to membership. The annual encampment of the Kansas department in 1910 was held at Kansas City, Kan., in June, when Maj. A. M. Harvey of Topeka was elected department commander, and Fred Barrett of Blue Rapids, vice-commander.

Pages 720-726 from volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed July 2002 by Carolyn Ward.
697 Nettie9 Ranney (sister to Mabel), b. Jan. 11, 1877, Osawatomie,
Kan. ; m. Feb. 20, 1901, Charles Ernest Rossman, b. Feb.
4, 1869, Tiffin, 0hio., son of William Jacob Rossman and Christina
Gooter, both born in Germany. School teacher; corporal, 20th
Reg. Kan. Vols., from May 3, 1898 to Oct., 1899, having been in
many engagements in the Philippines and wounded in May, 1899.
While there he was elected by the Democrats as register of deeds
and served as such till 1902 ; K. of P., M. W. of A. ; res. on 160-acre farm, Paola, Kan.
Children
:
Karl, b. Nov. 24, 1901.
Mildred, 1). Mar. 27, 1905.
William James, b. Aug. 6, 1906.
697 Nettie9 Ranney (sister to Mabel), b. Jan. 11, 1877, Osawatomie,
Kan. ; m. Feb. 20, 1901, Charles Ernest Rossman, b. Feb.
4, 1869, Tiffin, 0hio., son of William Jacob Rossman and Christina
Gooter, both born in Germany. School teacher; corporal, 20th
Reg. Kan. Vols., from May 3, 1898 to Oct., 1899, having been in
many engagements in the Philippines and wounded in May, 1899.
While there he was elected by the Democrats as register of deeds
and served as such till 1902 ; K. of P., M. W. of A. ; res. on 160-acre farm, Paola, Kan.
Children
:
Karl, b. Nov. 24, 1901.
Mildred, 1). Mar. 27, 1905.
William James, b. Aug. 6, 1906.

History

Date Age Event Category
12 Feb 1809 - 19 Apr 1882 (-60.0) - 13.2 Life of Charles Robert Darwin Personalities
7 Feb 1812 - 9 Jun 1870 (-57.0) - 1.3 Life of Charles John Huffam Dickens Personalities
13 Dec 1816 - 6 Dec 1892 (-52.2) - 23.9 Life of Werner von Siemens Personalities
30 Dec 1819 - 20 Sep 1890 (-49.1) - 21.6 Life of Theodor Fontane Personalities
15 Dec 1832 - 27 Dec 1923 (-36.2) - 54.9 Life of Gustave Eiffel Personalities
17 Mar 1834 - 6 Mar 1900 (-34.9) - 31.1 Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler Personalities
20 Jun 1837 - 22 Jan 1901 (-31.6) - 32.0 Queen of the United Kingdom: Victoria Great Britain
8 Jul 1838 - 8 Mar 1917 (-30.6) - 48.1 Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin Personalities
11 Dec 1843 - 27 May 1910 (-25.2) - 41.3 Life of Robert Koch Personalities
25 Nov 1844 - 4 Apr 1929 (-24.2) - 60.2 Life of Carl Benz Personalities
11 Feb 1847 - 18 Oct 1931 (-22.0) - 62.7 Life of Thomas Alva Edison Personalities
3 Mar 1847 - 1 Aug 1922 (-21.9) - 53.5 Life of Alexander Graham Bell Personalities
27 Dec 1847 - 29 Aug 1877 (-21.1) - 8.6 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Brigham Young Mormon History
17 Mar 1849 - 23 Nov 1890 (-19.9) - 21.8 King of the Netherlands: Willem III Netherlands
2 Dec 1852 - 4 Sep 1870 (-16.2) - 1.6 Emperor of France: Napoleon III France
6 May 1856 - 23 Sep 1939 (-12.8) - 70.7 Life of Sigmund Freud Personalities
23 Sep 1861 - 12 Mar 1942 (-7.4) - 73.1 Life of Robert Bosch Personalities
30 Jul 1863 - 7 Apr 1947 (-5.5) - 78.2 Life of Henry Ford Personalities
16 Oct 1863 - 17 Mar 1937 (-5.3) - 68.2 Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain Personalities
15 Apr 1865 - 4 Mar 1869 (-3.8) - 0.1 President of the United States of America: Andrew Johnson USA - Presidents
1868 - 1878 (-0.6) - 9.4 Ten Years' War ('Great War') Wars & Military Conflicts
4 Mar 1869 - 4 Mar 1877 0.1 - 8.1 President of the United States of America: Ulysses S. Grant USA - Presidents
5 Sep 1869 - 1884 0.6 - 15.4 Construction period of Neuschwanstein Castle Monuments
22 Apr 1870 - 21 Jan 1924 1.2 - 55.0 Life of Vladimir Lenin Personalities
1870 1.4 Start of the 3rd French Republic France
19 Jul 1870 - 10 May 1871 1.5 - 2.3 Franco-Prussian War Germany
18 Jan 1871 - 9 Mar 1888 2.0 - 19.1 German Emperor: Wilhelm I Germany
4 May 1871 - 20 Mar 1890 2.2 - 21.1 Chancellor of the German Empire: Otto von Bismarck Germany
9 Nov 1871 2.8 Founding of the German Empire Germany
30 Nov 1874 - 24 Jan 1965 5.8 - 96.0 Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Personalities
5 Jan 1876 - 19 Apr 1967 6.9 - 98.3 Life of Konrad Adenauer Personalities
4 Mar 1877 - 4 Mar 1881 8.1 - 12.1 President of the United States of America: Rutherford B. Hayes USA - Presidents
1878 9.4 Establishment of Bell Telephone Company Companies
1878 - 1881 9.4 - 12.4 Second Anglo-Afghan War Wars & Military Conflicts
31 Dec 1878 9.9 First two-stroke internal combustion gas engine Automobile History
14 Mar 1879 - 18 Apr 1955 10.1 - 86.3 Life of Albert Einstein Personalities
1879 10.4 Discovery of cholera vaccine Medicine
1879 10.4 Discovery of plague vaccine Medicine
1879 10.4 Anglo-Zulu War Wars & Military Conflicts
10 Oct 1880 - 25 Jul 1887 11.7 - 18.5 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: John Taylor Mormon History
20 Dec 1880 - 23 Mar 1881 11.9 - 12.1 First Boer War ('First South African War') Wars & Military Conflicts
4 Mar 1881 - 19 Sep 1881 12.1 - 12.6 President of the United States of America: James A. Garfield USA - Presidents
6 Aug 1881 - 11 Mar 1955 12.5 - 86.2 Life of Alexander Fleming Personalities
19 Sep 1881 - 4 Mar 1885 12.6 - 16.1 President of the United States of America: Chester A. Arthur USA - Presidents
1882 13.4 Establishment of Peugeot Companies
1882 13.4 Britain occupies Egypt Discoveries & Colonization
21 Jan 1884 - 12 Dec 1963 15.0 - 94.9 Life of Theodor Heuss Personalities
1884 15.4 First controlled flight of a Zeppelin Aviation History
15 Nov 1884 - 26 Feb 1885 15.8 - 16.1 Berlin Conference ('Congo Conference') Discoveries & Colonization
4 Mar 1885 - 4 Mar 1889 16.1 - 20.1 President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland USA - Presidents
1886 17.4 Establishment of the Coca Cola Company Companies
1886 17.4 Establishment of Johnson & Johnson Companies
28 Oct 1886 17.7 Construction period of the Statue of Liberty Monuments
1887 18.4 Huang He flood Disasters
1887 - 1889 18.4 - 20.4 Construction period of the Eiffel Tower Monuments
9 Mar 1888 - 15 Jun 1888 19.1 - 19.4 German Emperor: Friedrich III Germany
15 Jun 1888 - 9 Nov 1918 19.4 - 49.8 German Emperor: Wilhelm II Germany
1888 19.4 First commercially manufactured automobile by Karl Benz Automobile History
4 Mar 1889 - 4 Mar 1893 20.1 - 24.1 President of the United States of America: Benjamin Harrison USA - Presidents
7 Apr 1889 - 2 Sep 1898 20.2 - 29.6 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Wilford Woodruff Mormon History
20 Apr 1889 - 30 Apr 1945 20.2 - 76.3 Life of Adolf Hitler Personalities
1890 21.4 Establishment of Daimler Companies
1890 21.4 Establishment of General Electric Companies
14 Oct 1890 - 28 Mar 1969 21.7 - 100.2 Life of Dwight David Eisenhower Personalities
23 Nov 1890 - 4 Sep 1948 21.8 - 79.6 Queen of the Netherlands: Wilhelmina Netherlands
4 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 24.1 - 28.1 President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland USA - Presidents
6 Apr 1893 24.2 Dedication of the Salt Lake Temple Mormon History
1896 27.4 Establishment of IBM (International Business Machines Corp., formerly 'Computing Tabulating Recording Corp. (CTR)') Companies
1896 - 1897 27.4 - 28.4 Matabele Wars ('Ndebele Matabele War') Wars & Military Conflicts
4 Mar 1897 - 14 Sep 1901 28.1 - 32.6 President of the United States of America: William McKinley USA - Presidents
13 Sep 1898 - 10 Oct 1901 29.6 - 32.7 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Lorenzo Snow Mormon History
11 Oct 1899 - 31 May 1902 30.7 - 33.3 Second Boer War ('Second South African War') Wars & Military Conflicts
8 Sep 1900 31.6 Galveston hurricane; destruction of the city of Galveston, Texas Disasters
22 Jan 1901 - 6 May 1910 32.0 - 41.3 King of the United Kingdom: Edward VII Great Britain
14 Sep 1901 - 4 Mar 1909 32.6 - 40.1 President of the United States of America: Theodore Roosevelt USA - Presidents
17 Oct 1901 - 19 Nov 1918 32.7 - 49.8 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph F. Smith Sr. Mormon History
19 Oct 1901 32.7 First motorized zeppelin flight Aviation History
5 Dec 1901 - 15 Dec 1966 32.9 - 97.9 Life of Walter Elias Disney Personalities
16 Jun 1903 34.4 Establishment of Ford Motor Company Companies
16 Dec 1903 34.9 First controlled powered human flight by the Wright brothers Aviation History
1904 - 1908 35.4 - 39.4 Herero and Namaqua Uprising ('Herero and Namaqua Genocide') Wars & Military Conflicts
18 Apr 1906 37.2 San Francisco earthquake of 1906 Disasters
1907 38.4 First helicopter flight Aviation History
16 Sep 1908 39.6 Establishment of General Motors Companies
27 Sep 1908 39.7 Introduction of the Ford Model T Automobile History
4 Mar 1909 - 4 Mar 1913 40.1 - 44.1 President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft USA - Presidents
1909 40.4 Discovery of antibiotics Medicine
6 May 1910 - 20 Jan 1936 41.3 - 67.0 King of the United Kingdom: George V Great Britain
30 May 1911 42.3 One in seven families in the US owns a car Automobile History
30 May 1911 42.3 First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis Automobile History
23 Oct 1911 42.7 First military use of an airplane Aviation History
4 Mar 1913 - 4 Mar 1921 44.1 - 52.1 President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson USA - Presidents
14 Jun 1914 - 15 Jun 1914 45.4 First transatlantic flight Aviation History
28 Jun 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 45.4 - 49.8 World War I Wars & Military Conflicts
6 Aug 1914 - 25 Nov 1918 45.5 - 49.8 East African Campaign (World War I) Wars & Military Conflicts
13 Sep 1914 - 9 Jul 1915 45.6 - 46.5 South-West Africa Campaign (World War I) Wars & Military Conflicts
14 Oct 1914 - 24 Oct 1914 45.7 Maritz Rebellion Wars & Military Conflicts
24 Apr 1916 - 30 Apr 1916 47.2 - 47.3 Easter Rising Great Britain
1916 47.4 Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) Companies
8 Mar 1917 - 12 Mar 1917 48.1 Russian February Revolution Russia
29 May 1917 - 22 Nov 1963 48.3 - 94.9 Life of John F. Kennedy Personalities
1917 - 1923 48.4 - 54.4 Russian Civil War Wars & Military Conflicts
7 Nov 1917 48.8 Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic Russia
9 Nov 1918 49.8 German Revolution Germany
23 Nov 1918 - 14 May 1945 49.8 - 76.3 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Heber J. Grant Mormon History
11 Feb 1919 - 28 Feb 1925 50.0 - 56.1 President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert Germany
13 Feb 1919 - 20 Jun 1919 50.1 - 50.4 Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann Germany
6 May 1919 - 8 Aug 1919 50.3 - 50.5 Third Anglo-Afghan War Wars & Military Conflicts
1919 50.4 First transatlantic zeppelin flight Aviation History
11 Aug 1919 50.5 Adoption of the Weimar Constitution Germany
10 Sep 1919 50.6 Treaty of Saint-Germain Italy
4 Mar 1921 - 2 Aug 1923 52.1 - 54.5 President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding USA - Presidents
6 Dec 1921 52.9 Anglo-Irish Treaty Great Britain
28 Oct 1922 53.8 Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy Italy
2 Aug 1923 - 4 Mar 1929 54.5 - 60.1 President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge USA - Presidents
13 Aug 1923 - 23 Nov 1923 54.6 - 54.8 Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann Germany
13 Sep 1923 54.6 Establishment of the military dictatorship Spain
12 May 1925 - 2 Aug 1934 56.3 - 65.5 President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg Germany
14 Jun 1928 - 9 Oct 1967 59.4 - 98.7 Life of Che Guevara Personalities
1928 59.4 Discovery of penicillin Medicine
15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968 60.0 - 99.2 Life of Martin Luther King Personalities
4 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 60.1 - 64.1 President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover USA - Presidents
25 Oct 1929 60.8 'Black Friday' USA
22 Jan 1930 - 1 May 1931 61.0 - 62.3 Construction period of the Empire State Building Monuments
30 Mar 1930 - 30 May 1932 61.2 - 63.4 Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning Germany
5 Aug 1930 - 25 Aug 2012 61.5 - 143.6 Life of Neil Armstrong Personalities
14 Apr 1931 62.2 Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic Spain
1931 62.4 Establishment of Porsche Companies
11 Dec 1931 62.9 Statute of Westminster Great Britain
1 Jun 1932 - 17 Nov 1932 63.4 - 63.8 Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen Germany
3 Dec 1932 - 28 Jan 1933 63.9 - 64.0 Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher Germany
30 Jan 1933 - 30 Apr 1945 64.0 - 76.3 Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler Germany
28 Feb 1933 - 23 Mar 1933 64.1 - 64.2 'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship Germany
4 Mar 1933 - 12 Apr 1945 64.1 - 76.2 President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt USA - Presidents
1935 66.4 Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. Discoveries & Colonization
20 Jan 1936 - 11 Dec 1936 67.0 - 67.9 King of the United Kingdom: Edward VIII Great Britain
11 Dec 1936 - 6 Feb 1952 67.9 - 83.1 King of the United Kingdom: George VI Great Britain
11 Dec 1936 - 6 Feb 1952 67.9 - 83.1 Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' Great Britain
6 May 1937 68.3 Hindenburg disaster Aviation History
1937 68.4 Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge Monuments
27 Aug 1939 70.6 First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane Aviation History
1 Sep 1939 - 2 Sep 1945 70.6 - 76.6 World War II Wars & Military Conflicts
14 May 1940 71.3 Establishment of McDonald's Companies
7 Dec 1941 72.9 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor USA
12 Apr 1945 - 20 Jan 1953 76.2 - 84.0 President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman USA - Presidents
25 Apr 1945 76.3 Establishment of the United Nations World
8 May 1945 76.3 Unconditional surrender of the German Empire Germany
21 May 1945 - 4 Apr 1951 76.3 - 82.2 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: George Albert Smith Mormon History
6 Aug 1945 - 9 Aug 1945 76.6 Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki USA
14 Oct 1946 77.7 Start of the 4th French Republic France
14 Oct 1947 78.7 First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 Aviation History
4 Sep 1948 - 30 Apr 1980 79.6 - 111.3 Queen of the Netherlands: Juliana Netherlands
21 Dec 1948 79.9 Republic of Ireland Act Great Britain
23 May 1949 80.3 Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany Germany
1949 80.5 Establishment of Circuit City Companies
15 Sep 1949 - 16 Oct 1963 80.7 - 94.8 Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer Germany - Chancellors
7 Oct 1949 80.7 Establishment of the German Democratic Republic Germany
11 Oct 1949 - 7 Sep 1960 80.7 - 91.6 Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR GDR
17 Jun 1950 81.4 First successful organ transplant Medicine
1950 - 1953 81.5 - 84.5 Korean War Wars & Military Conflicts
9 Apr 1951 - 18 Jan 1970 82.2 - 101.0 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: David O. McKay Mormon History
22 Jan 1952 83.0 First jet airliner in regular commercial use Aviation History
6 Feb 1952 - Today 83.1 Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II Great Britain
20 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961 84.0 - 92.0 President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower USA - Presidents
17 Jun 1953 84.4 Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany Germany
4 Jul 1954 85.5 FIFA World Cup Champion 1954: Germany Germany
24 Feb 1955 - 5 Oct 2011 86.1 - 142.8 Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs Personalities