Mariah Catherine Hilburn Crosley Hilburn (born 1812)

Mariah Catherine Hilburn's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Hilburn family tree.

Mariah Catherine Hilburn's Family

Add a parent

Add a parent

Mariah Catherine Hilburn Crosley Hilburn Add a partner Add a child Add a partner Add a child

Add a sibling

Photos and snapshots taken of Mariah Catherine Hilburn Crosley Hilburn, his/her Hilburn family, and locations and places or events from his/her life.

Mariah Catherine Hilburn Crosley

Add photo

What do you remember about Mariah Catherine Hilburn Crosley Hilburn? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about them. Or just leave a comment to show the world that Mariah Catherine Hilburn is remembered.

Post

Add Mariah Catherine Hilburn's birthday or the date they died to see a list of historic events that occurred during Mariah Catherine Hilburn's lifetime. Refresh the page for new events.

In 1812, in the year that Mariah Catherine Hilburn Crosley Hilburn was born, on February 27th, the English poet Lord Byron gave his first address as a member of the British House of Lords. He spoke in defense of the Luddite violence against industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire. Luddites were primarily textile workers and weavers who thought that machinery was being used as a way to keep workers from achieving fair practices and wages.

In 1832, on October 20th, the Chickasaw nation signed the Pontotoc Creek Treaty with the United States. The Treaty ceded 6,283,804 million acres of Chickasaw land in Mississippi to the U.S. In return, the Chickasaw were supposed to receive all proceeds of sales of the land by the federal government to private owners, along with expenses for relocation and food and supplies for one year and an equal amount of land west of the Mississippi. The area ceded included the entire northern one-sixth of the state of Mississippi.

In 1880, on February 4th, five members of one family in Ontario, Canada were killed and their farm was burned by a mob. Called the Black Donnelly Massacre, the Irish family had been feuding with other citizens of the town. No one was ever convicted.

In 1910, the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.

In 1948, on May 14th, the State of Israel was proclaimed by David Ben-Gurion, who became Israel's first Premier, and the U.S. officially recognized Israel. That evening, Egypt launched an air assault on Israel.