Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1893 — ANNALS OF ENGLAND. [ARTICLE]

ANNALS OF ENGLAND.

1787. New South Wales acquired by original settlement. 1(87. Siewa Leono added to the empire by settlement and conquest. 1788. The trial of Warren Hastings for treason began at Westminster. • 1792. The first coalition against the French Republic formed. 1796. The first experiments made in vaccination by Dr. Jenner. 1797. 'Financial distress. Cash payments suspended by the banks. 1798. The great insurrection in Ireland. Nelson’s victory at the Nile. 1800. Malta acquired by conquest from Knights of Malta. 1801. The first railroad sanctioned by Parliament from Wandsworth to Croydon. 1801. The' first steamboat on the Thames. 1801. Legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland effected. 1803. British Guiana acquired by conquest and settlement. 1803. Emmett’s insurrection in Ireland. Suppressed with much cruelty. 1803. Van Dieman’s Land acquired by discovery and settlement. 1805. Nelson’s victory and death at Trafalgar. Naval supremacy established. 1807. Parliament by enactment, abolished the trade in African slaves. 1811. Insanity of George 111. Regency establish, with Prince George as Regent. 1812. The second war with America began in dispute about right of search. 1814. The first locomotive built by George Stephenson. 1814. The treaty of Ghent. Close of the second American war. 1815. Great victory by Wellington at Waterloo. Close oi the French wars. 1817. The “Green Bag Inquiry.” Investigation of seditious plots. 1819. Queen Victoria born in Kensington Palace, May 24. 1820. Trial of Queen Caroline began before a special tribunal.