103 - Johanna Freeman - Moorhead, Minnesota
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Johanna Freeman is buried in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, in Moorhead, MN.
Waymark Code: WM10RRY
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2019
Views: 3
Johanna Freeman (1821-1924) is buried with Andrew G. Freeberg (1843-1914) and Elizabeth Freeberg (1848-1918). Johanna was born before and past away after both the people she was buried with.
During Johanna's long life the following events happened in Minnesota, the United States and the world;
Minnesota
1832 - Henry Schoolcraft and Ojibwe guide, Ozawindib, found source of Mississippi River at Lake Itasca
1858 - Minnesota became 32nd state
1862 - Dakota Indians attacked settlers for failure of land treaties and fiscal mistreatment by traders
United State of America
1825 - The Erie Canal opened
1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico; the Battle of the Alamo took place with all Texan defenders killed
1846 - U. S. acquired Oregon Territory; U. S. declared war on Mexico in order to gain California and other territories in the southwest
1861 - Battle of Fort Sumter on April 14th
1863 - The Emancipation Proclamation was issued; President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
1865 - The Civil War ends; President Lincoln was assassinated; the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, prohibiting slavery
1886 - The Statue of Liberty was dedicated
1898 - Spanish American War
1903 - The Wright brothers made their first flight
1917 - U. S. declared war on Germany in the War to End All Wars
1920 - The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote
World
1821 - Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena; Mexico gains independence from Spain
1824 - Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
1837 - Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist
1866 - Successful transatlantic telegraph cable
1873 - The samurai class is abolished in Japan
1885 - Louis Pasteur creates the first successful vaccine against rabies
1889 - Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night
1910 - Hailey’s Comet appears
1914-1918 - World War I, called The Great War at the time
1922 - Insulin discovered
1924 - First Winter Olympic Games
Location of Headstone: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Moorhead, MN
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