Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1906 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1135 —Stephen crowned Ring of England. . 1432 —Columbus cast anchor in the Bay of St. Thomas. 1549—Death of Margaret, Queen of Navarre. 1552 —Charles V. raised siege of Metz. 15G0 —First General Assembly of the Scottish church opened. 1562—Battle of*Dreux. Conde taken prisoner. 1603—Mahomet 111.. Sultan of Turkey, died of the plague. 1620 The Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock. 1621 — The English Commons claimed freedom of discussion. 1632 —John Cotton, first minister of Boston, died. 1667—Many Scotch Covenanters were executed. 1688 —King James 11. of England fled to France. Throne declared abdicated. 1719 —FirA issue of Boston Gazette published by William Brooker. 1745—City of Milan entered by Spanish invaders. 1747—Colonial House and records In Boston destroyed by fire. 1775 — British Parliament ordered confiscation of all American vessels. 1776 Washington crossed the Delaware. 1777 Gen. Washington moved his troops to Valley Forge. 1782 — United States frigate Charleston captured by British. 1783 Gen. Washington delivered his commission bo Congress at Annapolis. 1791 —Bank of United States commenced discounting in Philadelphia. 1795 Henry Clinton died. 1796 French surrender Fort Kehl on the Rhine to the Austrians. 1803—Louisiana taken possession of by United States.

1804— Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, born Election of Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States. 1805— Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, born at Sharon, Va. 1809—Joseph Johnson, publisher of Cowper’s poems, died. 1811 —Many persons perished in the burning of a theater at Richmond, Va. 1813 —Fort Niagara captured by the British. 1816—Bible societies prohibited in Hungary. 1829 — Wife of Gen. Andrew Jackson died. 1830— Prince of Polignac sentenced for life for treason... .Independence of Belgium recognized by the allied powers. 1831— Stephen Girard, Philadelphia philanthropist, died. 1832 — Termination of civil war in Mexico. 1835 —-Independence of Texas proclaimed. 1841— Assassination of Sir W. MacNaughton at Cabul. 1842 Texas troops invade Mexico. 1845 —Steamer Bellozane eunk in the Mississippi river. 1848—Asiatic cholera broke out among United States troops in Texas ....Louis Napoleon made President of French republic. 1851 — Dismissal of Lord Palmerston from office... .Lagos, Africa, destroyed by the British. 1852 — Annexation of Pegn to British India. 1854 —Armed collisions in eastern Kansas over slavery question. 1800—South Carolina seceded from tho Union. 1861 —Principality of Roumania created by union of Moldavia and Wallaces. 1804 — Savannah occupied by Gen. Sherman. 1870— Tours surrendered to the Germans. 1874 —Hoosac Tunnel turned over to Massachusetts by the builders. 1884 —Mnckny-Bennett cable opened to the public. 1891—Jorge Montt inaugurated Preai.deut of Chili. 1804—War between China and Japan .declared ended. .„.Capt. Dreyfus found guilty and sentenced to Devil's Island. 1898—French Chamber of Deputies by vote again sustained government in Dreyfus case. 1800—Cuban Junta In the United States dissolved... .Dwight L. Moody, noted evangelist, died.... Duke of Westminster, richest man In ' England, died....Bucbtel College, Akron, Ohio, jmrned. 1000—Treaty between Mexico and China signed at Washington, D. 0.... Gen. Wood assumed office as Governor General of Cabs. , 1901—William Ellery Channlng died. 1808 —First wlrelesb telegraphio message transmitted across the AtL «l