Carnegie donates money to advance the cause of peace.
Carnegie establishes the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and builds the Central American Court of Justice in Costa Rica, which is destroyed by an earthquake later that year.
Carnegie Corporation is founded.
Carnegie establishes the Carnegie Corporation with his remaining money, about $125,000,000. He intends that the corporation will aid colleges, universities, technical schools, and scientific research. This is the last philanthropic trust Carnegie creates-- in all, he has given away 90% of his fortune.
The Palace of Peace is dedicated.
The Palace, or Temple, of Peace in the Hague, which was financed by Carnegie, has its grand opening.
World War I begins.
As World War I breaks out, Carnegie leaves Scotland for the last time.
Carnegie buys Shadowbrook, an estate in Massachusetts.
Carnegie dies at Shadowbrook.
Carnegie's gravestone is made of stone taken from Skibo. It reads: Andrew Carnegie
Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, 25 November 1835
Died in Lenox, Massachusetts, 11 August 1919.
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