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1856: Chicago Historical Society founded. 1857 Iwan Ries & Co. Chicago's oldest family-owned business opens, still in operation today, the oldest family-owned tobacco shop. Mathias A. Klein & Sons (Klein Tools Inc.), still family owned and run today by fifth and sixth generation Klein's. Cook County Hospital opens. [1] Hyde Park House built. [6 ...
1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1766th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 766th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1766, the ...
On May 11, the Electronic edition, which cost nearly $1 million to create and is continuously available for free to the public, was released. It included hundreds of additional entries (bringing the total to 1766), [4] more than 1000 additional images, [22] video of historic figures and events, and extensive primary source material. [22]
Chicago History Archived January 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine and other overlooked elements at Forgotten Chicago; Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey English translations of 120,000 pages of news articles from the foreign language press from 1855 to 1938. Digital Research Library of Illinois History "Chicago History". Chicago Public Library.
Chicago, Illinois: 11 Chicago Police Department vs Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions: Battle of Virden: October 12, 1898 Virden, Illinois: Coal Wars: 11 United Mine Workers vs Thiel Detective Service Company: Herrin Massacre: June 21–22, 1922 Herrin, Illinois: Coal Wars: 23 United Mine Workers vs Southern Illinois Coal Company
(Under the Old Style calendar then still in use in the Ottoman Empire, the treaty was signed on 21 March.) [6] 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire. 1812 – British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz.
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Lowden of Illinois the Life of Frank O. Lowden 2 vol (1957) governor in 1917–21; Jensen, Richard. Illinois: A History (2001). interpretive history using model of traditional-modern-postmodern; online; Keating, Ann Durkin (2018). "In the Shadow of Chicago: Postwar Illinois Historiography". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society.