The Devil in the White City By morganyeazel Aug 4, 1846 Daniel Burnham was born Jan 10, 1850 John Root is born Feb 14, 1855 Burnham and his family move to Chicago Sep 6, 1864 Burnham fails his entrance exams to Yale and Harvard Oct 8, 1871 Great Fire Jan 3, 1873 Burnham and Root become partners Jan 20, 1876 Burnham marries Margaret Sherman Jan 1, 1878 Root marries Mary Walker Jul 4, 1878 Holmes marries Clara Loverling Feb 11, 1879 Root's wife dies Jan 1, 1881 Peter Brooks commissions Burnham and Root to build a skyscraper Jan 1, 1881 Root marries Dora Monroe Sep 21, 1882 Holmes enrolls in medical school Jan 28, 1887 Holmes marries Myrta Belknap Jun 22, 1888 Holmes buys land May 6, 1889 Paris Exposition Jan 1, 1890 Chicago becomes 2nd largest city Feb 24, 1890 Chicago is named the location of the World's Fair Oct 25, 1890 fair was jeopardized by an economic recession Jan 13, 1891 Holmes hires Ned Connor Jan 15, 1891 Root dies Feb 11, 1891 construction of the fair begins Feb 24, 1891 drawings of fair's main structure is presented by architects Dec 24, 1891 Holmes kills Julia and Pearl Period: Jan 1, 1892 to Jul 1, 1892 800 violent deaths occur in Chicago Sep 24, 1892 Burnham became in charge of the fair Jan 2, 1893 Holmes kills Emeline May 1, 1893 World's Fair Opens May 3, 1893 Wall Street panics Jun 9, 1893 the ferris wheel was completed Jul 5, 1894 seven best parts of the fair are set on fire Jun 26, 1895 Detective Geyer begins search for Pitezel Children Jul 15, 1895 Detective Geyer finds remains of Alice and Nellie Pitezel Jul 19, 1895 detectives find human remains during their investigation of Holmes' castle Sep 12, 1895 Holmes is indited May 7, 1896 Holmes is hanged Nov 22, 1896 George Ferris dies Apr 14, 1912 Titanic sinks Apr 14, 1912 Millet Dies on Titanic Jun 1, 1912 Burnham dies