Person

Jeremiah Black

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1859

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jeremiah Black, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Daniel Sickles shoots Philip Barton Key in Lafayette Square

    1859

    Role: Attorney General

    1. 1859-02-27 · Lafayette SquareShooting in Lafayette Square

      Daniel Sickles shot and killed Philip Barton Key II in Lafayette Square on February 27, 1859, following the discovery of an affair.

    2. 1859-02-27 · Franklin SquareSurrender at Franklin Square

      Sickles surrendered and confessed to the murder at Attorney General Jeremiah Black's house on Franklin Square shortly after the shooting.

Sources

  1. Daniel Sickles Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-27