Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1906 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1421—Henry V. entered London after conquest of France. r T--- — 1556—Truce for five years signed by Germany and France. 1616 —Jacob Le Maire discovered Cape of Good Hope. 1626—Chalies I. of England crowned at Westminster. '' 1649 —King Charles I. beheaded. >1653 —New York City incorporated. 1692—Massacre of Glencoe, Scotland. 1777—Great Britain granted letters of marque and reprisal against America. 1798 —Federal Street theater, Boston, destroyed by fire. „ 1807 —Montevideo taken by the British. 1809 —Territory of Illinois established. 1830 —Independence of Greece prociaimed by allied powers. 1835 —Attempted assassination of Presi- , dent Jaekson at the capitol by L, Lawrence. 1848—Treaty of peace signed by United ... States and Mexico. 1855 — Trial of steam 'engine Miles Greenwood, built at Cincinnati... .Gold discovered in Kern river, California. 1856 Thermometer registered 30 degrees below in Kansas.Chilian war steamer Cazadon lost; 318 perished. 1858—Launch of the steamship Great Eastern. ISGl^—Convention of seceding States met at Montgomery, Ala. 1865 Thirteenth amendment to the Constitution abolishing slavery. 1867 Evacuation of Mexico by the French. 1868— Act exempting cotton from inter- ~ naT tax. ’ 1872 Massacre of Jews at Ismael, Roumania: 1873 Postal franking privilege abolished by act of Congress. 1874 — London's great fire. 1875 — The amended civil rights bill passed the House of Representatives. 1876 — National League of Baseball Clubs organized at Cincinnati. 1878—Steamship Metropolis wrecked near Kitty Hawk, N. C.; 100 lives lost. 1881 —Parnell and Irish associates re- • moved from House of Commons. 1884 — Baker Pasha defeated by Egyptians near Tokar; loss 2,500. 1885 — O'Donovan Rossa, Irish patriot, - shot by a woman in New York City. ....Gen. Gordon killed. 188G —Attempt to assassinate President of Ecuador... .House passed Dingley shipping bill. 1887 — Stanley started to relieve Emin Pasha... .President signed interstate commerce bill. 1888 — Lick observatory completed at Hamilton, Cal. 1889 — Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria murdered... .Two million dollar fire in Buffalo.. . .Disolution of Panama Canal Company by Paris court. 1890— State capital of Arizona removed from Prescott to Phoenix. ...Discovery of plot to assassinate Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria.... Wife and daughter of Secretary of the Navy Tracy fatally burned. 1891— Dissolution of the Canadian Parliament. 1893 — Hawaiian commission reached Washington. 1894 — United States ship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador reef.... Variant. the anarchist bomb thrower, guillotined in Taris. 1895 Steamship Ellie sunk and 320 lives 105 t.... Queen Liliuokalani formally abdicated throne of Hawaii. 1897—Pennsylvania State capitol at Harrisburg burned... .Alaska boundary treaty signed. 1900 —William Goebel, contestant for governorship of Kentucky, shot. 1905 —United States Supreme Court rendered decision against the “Beef Trust.”