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A landmark lost to history and is considered the world's first skyscraper. Chicago Water Tower and Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, circa 1886. 1886 May 4, the Haymarket riot. [20] Chicago Evening Post published (until 1932). [1] 1887: Newberry Library established. 1888: Dearborn Observatory rebuilt. 1889 Hull House founded. [1] [21] Auditorium ...
The Encyclopedia of Chicago is a historical reference work covering Chicago and the entire Chicago metropolitan area published by the University of Chicago Press.Released in October 2004, the work is the result of a ten-year collaboration between the Newberry Library and the Chicago Historical Society.
1766 – Wilhelm von Kobell, ... American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801) ... Historical Events on April 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 ...
Four historical events are commemorated by the four red stars on Chicago's flag: The United States' Fort Dearborn, established at the mouth of the Chicago River in 1803; the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which destroyed much of the city; the World Columbian Exposition of 1893, by which Chicago celebrated its recovery from the fire; and the ...
April 9 – American botanist John Bartram completes his first exploration and cataloging of North American plants after more than nine months. [1]Moses Harris publishes The Aurelian, or, Natural History of English Insects; Namely, Moths and Butterflies.
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By the time they moved to Chicago, about 1802–1804, they had a year-old son, John. Eleanor bore him three more children in Chicago: Ellen Marion (born in 1805), Maria Indiana (1807), and Robert Allen (1810). In 1804 Kinzie purchased the former house and lands of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, [6] located near the mouth of the Chicago River.