Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1906 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1098—London bridge carried away by a flood. 1503 —James Tyrrel executed on the charge of murdering Edward n V. 1539—John S. Duranti, first president of Parliament of Toulouse, killed. 1542—Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII., beheaded. 1347—-Edward VI., at the age of nine, crowned King of England. 1554—Lady Jane Grey beheaded. . . .Fif-ty-nine persons executed in Eondon for resisting the Spanish influence. 1566 —David Rizzio murdered. 1658 — Passage of Charles X. over the great belt. 1667—Attack on Lancaster, Mass., by Indians. 1674 —New York surrendered by Dutch to British. House of Commons resolved against a standing army. 1659 — English Parliament chose William • and Mary of Orange king and queen. 1696 —Plot to assassinate "William HL discovered. ;©33^Flrst^Sf Georgia commenced by Gen. Oglethorpe. - 1776—C01. Gadsden presented Snake Flag to American Congress for naval use. • —— 1778—Daniel Boone captured by French and Indians. Escaped ten days later. =lxsl United Sta tes incorpa-~ rated. 1793-Salary of President of the I nited States fixed at $23,090: 1797 Admiral Jarvis defeated Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent. 1798 — Occupation of Rome by the French. 1807 — British House of Lords abolished slave trade. > 1808— Russia declared war against Sweden. 1813 — Abolition of the inquisition by the Spanish Cortes. 1814 — Massachusetts prohibited imprisonment for debt. 1819 —Bill introduced in Congress admission of Missouri. 1831 — Insurrection in Paris. 1832 Cholera made its appearance in London. 1833 Henry Clay introduced the compromise tariff measure in the Senate. 1840—Marriage of Queen Victoria aul Albert of Saxe-Coburg. 1844—London and Dover railroad opened. 1847—U. S. Congress authorized addi- ' tioual regiments for regular army. 1851 —Gold discovered in Australia. 1856—President Pierce warned all persons against unlawful combination in Kansas. 1801—Confederate government formed at Montgomery, Ala... .Jefferson Davis chosen President. 1862—Elizabeth City, N. C., occupied by Federal troops. IS65 —Gen. Robert E. Lee appointed commander-in-chief of Confederate army. 1867—-Congress admitted Nebraska to Statehood over President's veto.... George Peabody announced gift of $1,200,000 for educational purposes ....Outbreak of Fenians in South I reland. ISG9 —Steamboat Nellie Stevens burned on Red river; 63 lives 105 t.... Passage by the U. S. Senate of fifteenth amendment bill. 1872 Governor General of India assassinated at Port Blair. 1873 Abdication of King Amadeus of Spain; a republic proclaimed. 1874 — Taylor's Pantechnicon burned iu London; loss $1,500,000. 1875 — Great Broadway fire hi New York City. 1877 Prof. Alexander Grahftm Bell exhibited bls telephone in Salem, Mass. 1878— British ‘ fleet entered Dardanelles against the Sultan's protest. 1884 — Ohio river rose to 71 feet at Cin- , cinnati. 1885 — Town of Oita, Utah, destroyed by an avalnnche.. . .Martial law proclaimed in Panama. 1886 — Serious riots in London caused by Socialist agitators. 1887— Veto of the dependent pension bill. 1889 — The U. S. Department of Agriculture created Legislatures of Western States investigated dressed beef trust....A constitution for the empire of Japan proclaimed.... tl. S. Senate rejected British; extradition treaty. 1890 — Oklahoma territorial bill passed by the Senate... .President Harrison signed proclamation opening the Sioux reservation. 1891 — Strike involving 10,000 miners begun in Pennsylvania coke region. 1892 nited States millers’ contribute 4.5U0.000 iraunda of flour to relieve starving [jensants 6f ITiiwlaT... France," Italy and Sweden chosen as Bering sea arbitrators.. ~HcC’<>ntyfive jjerished in burning of Hotel Royal in New York. 18Q3 —Proclamation setting apart the 4 Sierra Forest Reserve in California... .Gladstone introduced Home Rale bill in the House of Commons ... .Count de and yen found ——- guilty of swindling in Panama --*