Devil In The White City Timeline

By Lizbeth123456@#$

  • Construction plans started for the Fair (Book)

    Once the Chicago was elected to host the world fair Daniel Burnham and John Root started construction plans.

  • University of Chicago (Chicago)

    The University of Chicago is established

  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Chicago)

    The Chicago symphony Orchestra was established

  • Chicago was given the World fair (Book)

    Who should host the world fair was put into a vote and Chicago won and was chosen to build the Fair.

  • Anti-Trust Act (world)

    The Sherman Anti-Trust Act became law in the United Sates

  • Julia and Pearl disappear(Book)

    Julia and Perl disappeared and are believed to have been H.H Holmes first known murders but what truly happened to them is unknown.

  • The provident hospital(Chicago)

    The provident hospital was opened to the public.

  • Provident Hospital (Chicago)

    Provident Hospital starts gives service to African Americans.

  • John Root died(Book)

    John Root died of pneumonia before the Fair was finished.

  • The Carnegie Hall (world)

    The Carnegie Hall opened in New York.

  • Chicago Train (Chicago)

    First "L" line train in Chicago.

  • Grover Cleveland (world)

    Grover Cleveland won U.S Presidential election.

  • Columbian Museum of Chicago (Chicago)

    Columbian Museum of Chicago was founded aka Field Museum of natural history

  • Holmes kills Anna (Book)

    Holmes told Anna to go into the vault to get a document he forgot and then closed the door once she was inside and the room started to get warmer as Holmes listened to her screams through the gas pipe.

  • Minnie moves to Chicago (Book)

    Minnie moved to Chicago and started working in Holmes pharmacy.

  • Mayor Carter Harrison (Chicago)

    Mayor Carter Harrison is assassinated.

  • Financial Panic (Chicago)

    Chicago was going through financial problems.

  • World Fair Hotel opened(Book)

    The World Fair Hotel opened which was owned by H.H Holmes.

  • World Fair (Book)

    The World Fair opened to the public.

  • New York stock exchange (World)

    New York stock exchange started a period of depression.

  • A storm and fire(Book)

    A storm and fire happened that caused some damage to the fair.

  • World fair (Book)

    Last day of the world fair.

  • Pullman strike (Chicago)

    Workers had a strike that changed labor policy's.

  • Labor Day (World)

    Labor Day became a legal holiday.

  • The World's Columbus Exposition (Chicago)

    The World's Columbus Exposition burnt down.