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May 1889 - October 1889
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Paris: the Eiffel tower is introduced. American national pride pushes Americans to "out-Eiffel Eiffel" after a humiliating out turn in Paris.
June 1889
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Chicago joins New York, Washington D.C., and St. Louis in the race to host the World Fair.
February 14, 1890
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Chicago beats out New York, St. Louis, and Washington D.C. for the location of the World Fair.
April 1890
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This formal corporation was established to finance and build the fair. Although not official, it was clear that David Burnham and John Root would be the lead designers.
July 1890 - August 1890
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There is a stalemate in choosing the location in Chicago to host the World Fair. Frederick Olmsted is asked by a director of the fair board, James Ellsworth, to design the fair's landscape.
December 15, 1890 - January 5, 1891
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Burnham and Root develop a plan for the fair's layout, drawn out on a large piece of brown paper, hence the name, Brown Paper plan. They also get five other architects to join the exposition effort: George B. Post, Charles McKim, Richard M. Hunt, Robert Peabody, and Henry Van Brunt (none from Chicago).
January 12, 1891
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The Board of Architects is created with the five architects invited by Root and Burnham.
January 12, 1891
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John Root is falls ill and is diagnosed with pneumonia.
January 15, 1891
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Burnham is visiting Root and leaves the room to speak with Root's wife. During this, Root dies, only a few days after becoming ill.
January 24, 1891
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A bank fails in Kansas City on the 20th, and Lyman Gage steps down from his position as president of the fair to care for his own bank.
August 1886
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Herman Webster Mudgett moves to Chicago, taking the name, H.H. Holmes.
January 28, 1887
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Holmes marries Myrta Belknap despite already having a wife, Clara Lovering.
June 1888 - May 1890
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Holmes "recruits" three people to help him with his work: Charles Chappell, a machinist; Patrick Quinlan, his building caretaker; and Benjamin Pietzel, a carpenter.
1890 - 1892
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Holmes hopes to turn his building into a hotel for visitors to the World Fair as well as a "castle" in which he could dispose of bodies.