William McKinley was born on 29 January 1843 in Niles. The 25th President of the United States, McKinley was a Civil War veteran from Ohio who served in Congress and as governor. As a Republican, he championed protective tariffs and the gold standard, and he defeated William Jennings Bryan in 1896. His presidency saw the Spanish-American War of 1898, which brought the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico under American control, and the annexation of Hawaii. Re-elected in 1900, he was shot in September 1901 by the anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, and died eight days later. Theodore Roosevelt, his vice president, succeeded him.
Before and after
- 1843Launch of The Economist
- 1843Discovery of terbium
- 1843Discovery of erbium
- 1843Ada Lovelace publishes the first computer program
- 29 January 1843Birth of William McKinley
- 5 February 1843Discovery of Great Comet of 1843
- 15 April 1843Birth of Henry James
- 25 April 1843Earthquake in Yezo, Kushiro, Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
- 15 June 1843Birth of Edvard Grieg
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- 1815Congress of Vienna
- from October 1853 to February 1856Crimean War
- from 19 July 1870 to 28 January 1871Franco-Prussian War
The era
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