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Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom)

16 Sep 1870 - 11 Apr 1931

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Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom)

16 Sep 1870 - 11 Apr 1931

Grave site information of Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom) (16 Sep 1870 - 11 Apr 1931) at Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States from BillionGraves

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Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom)

Born: 16 Sep 1870

Died: 11 Apr 1931

Confederate Cemetery

Washington Ave

Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

United States

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Leila Laurens Chisolm Guest was born in Charleston S. D. and died in Richmond VA.

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July 27, 2018

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Confederate Cemetery

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Washington Ave
Fredericksburg,Fredericksburg,Virginia
United States

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Life timeline of Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom)

1870

Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom) was born on 16 Sep 1870

Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom) was 14 years old when Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom) was 28 years old when Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. The Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. American acquisition of Spain's Pacific possessions led to its involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately in the Philippine–American War.

Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom) was 35 years old when Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity. Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.

Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom) was 44 years old when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated by a Yugoslav nationalist named Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, sparking the outbreak of World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este was a member of the imperial Habsburg dynasty, and from 1896 until his death the heir presumptive (Thronfolger) to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia, which in turn triggered a series of events that resulted in Austria-Hungary's allies and Serbia's declaring war on each other, starting World War I.

Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom) was 59 years old when The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression. The New York Stock Exchange, is an American stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$21.3 trillion as of June 2017. The average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013. The NYSE trading floor is located at 11 Wall Street and is composed of 21 rooms used for the facilitation of trading. A fifth trading room, located at 30 Broad Street, was closed in February 2007. The main building and the 11 Wall Street building were designated National Historic Landmarks in 1978.

Leila Laurens Guest (Chislom) died on 11 Apr 1931 at the age of 60

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