Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1905 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1154—Landing of Henry 11. in England from France. 1421—King Henry VI. of England born. 1437—Sigismund, Emperor of Germany, died. 1527 —Pope Clement VII. escaped in disguise from prison. 1540 —Meeting of the Diet of Worms. 1542—Mary Stuart, daughter of James V., born. 15G5—Pope Pius IV. died. 1594 —Gustavus Adolphus born. IGOS—John Milton, the poet, born. 16-18—Col. Pride prevented 200 members of British Parliament from entering the House. Called “Pride’s Purge.” 1661—English Parliament ordered the body of Oliver Cromwell hung at Tyburn. IG6G—Ten Scottish Covenanters executed in Edinburgh. 1688—Flight of James 11. 1742—Treaty of Moscow between Great Britain and Russia. 1746—Charles Ratcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater, executed. 1776 — British take possession of Rhode Island. 1777 Suspension of habeas corpus act in Great Britain. 1787—Delaware by unanimous vote ratified Constitution of the United States. 1795 —Rowland Hill, “father of the British postal service,” born. 1716—Indiana admitted to the Union. 1835 marking opeixiagz'df first railway in Germany. 1842—Samuel Wood worth, author of “The Old Oaken Bucket,” died. 1846—Santa Ana proclaimed President of Mexico. 1848—David Carter made the first deposit of California gold in the United States mint. 1854—The Immaculate Conception declared by the Pope. 1856 —Father Matthew, apostle of temperance, died at Cork; Ireland. 18G1—Congress passed bill authorizing exchange of Union and Confederate prisoners. 1862 —Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark. 1864 —President Lincoln urged curtailment of State banks. 1868—The Gladstone ministry assumed office Paraguayan army deseated and destroyed at Villeta. 1881—Many lives lost in the burning of the Ring theater in Vienna. 1884—Washington monument at Washington, D. C., completed. 1884—Third Plenary Council closed at Baltimore. 1891—Lord Dufferin succeeded Lord Lyttleton as British ambassador at Faris. 1895—Great demonstration against municipal abuses in Madrid, Spain. IS97 —Attempt on the life of the Sultan of Turkey. 1898— Gen. Calixto Garcia died, aged 62. 1899 Certificate of election given to W. S. Taylor as Governor of Kentucky. 1902 — President Castro ordered arrest of foreigners in Venezuela.... Thomas B. Reed died. 1903 — Four killed in railroad wreck at Worcester, Mass... .Gen. Royes elected President of Colombia... ....Japanese Diet dissolved. 1904 — Labor riots begin in St. Petersburg Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick arrested... .Three Russian battleships sunk at Port Arthur.