Walter Arthur Johnson
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Parents
Israel Cicero Johnson
Israel Cicero Johnson
1842 - 1900
Jane Foster
Jane Foster
1847 - 1893
Spouse
Mary Ellen Gristy
Mary Ellen Gristy
1868 - 1904
Children
Siblings
Jesse Johnson
Jesse Johnson
1872 - 1893
Iva Johnson
Iva Johnson
1875 - 1892
Addie Johnson
Addie Johnson
1877 - 1897

1880


Age: 12y
1880 • A big earthquake struck Zagreb and demolished everything including the Zagreb Cathedral.

1895


Age: 27y
1895 Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest is first shown at St. James' Theatre in London.

1897


May 18
Age: 29y
1897 • The Battle of Saragarhi: Twenty-one Sikhs of the 36th Sikh of the Sikh Regiment of British India, defend an army post against 10,000 Afghan and Orakzai tribesmen. The battle occurs in the North-West Frontier Province Afghanistan, now a part of Pakistan, which then formed part of British India.

1899


Age: 31y

birth of child


Charles Arthur Johnson
1899 The John Marshall Law School is founded in Chicago

1901


Age: 33y

birth of child


Vesta Helen Johnson
1901 Baseball's American League declares itself a Major League.

1901


Age: 33y
1901 • The Intercollegiate Prohibition Association is established in Chicago.

1929


Nov 24
Age: 62y
1929 • An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow helps end the Cristero War in Mexico.

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