Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1906 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1415 —John Huss burned. 1563- —France declared war against Eng- ' land. 1608—Quebec, Canada, founded. 1685 — Battle of Sedgeinoor. 1686 — League of Augsburg formed against France. 1734—Dantzic surrendered to the Russians. 1754 -Washington defeated at battle of Fort Necessity, Pa. 1755 — Gen. Braddoek’s expedition against the French in Canada defeated. 1758—Clement XIII. became Pope. 1762—Peter 111. of Russia deposed and succeeded by Catherine 11. 1764 —Ivan VI. of Russia assassinated. 1770 —Turkish fleet burned in Cheemeh Bay. 1775 Washington took command of the army at Cambridge. 1776 Virginia adopted State constitution. 1777 — Americans abandoned Fort Ticonderoga. 1781—Engagement at King’s Bridgs, N. Y. T7B5 —Standard of American dollar established. 1792 —Francis 11. elected Emperor. 1809 —Battle of Wagram. 1814 —-Americans captured Fort Erie. 1827 — Kingdom of Greece erected by treaty of London. 1828— Daniel O’Connell, elected member of Parliament, refused to tatfe the oath. 1830 —Algiers surrendered to the French. 1833 —Dom Miguel’s squadron captured by Admiral Napier. IS39 —First normal school organized ag Lexington, now Framington, Mass. 1849 —Rome capitulated to the French. 1852—United-States mint established at San Francisco. 1855—First publication of the Kansas Freeman at Topeka. 1860 —Prince of Wales sailed for America.

1866—Austria ceded Veaetia to France. 1870—France protested against choice of Prince Leopold for King of Spain. 1872 —International prison reform congress met in London. 1880 —Bi-centenary of the discovery of St. Anthony Falls celebrated in Minnesota. 1883 —-Steamer Daphne capsized while boing launched on the Clyde. One hundred and fifty drowned. 1889 —Two thousand laborers on strike in Duluth, Mir/i. 1891 — Four condemned murderers executed by electricity in Sung Sing prison ....Park theater, St. Paul, burned. 1892 — Business portion of San Jose, Cal., burned. 1893 -Silver purchase suspended by Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle.... Marriage of Duke of York, heir to British throne, and Princess Mary of Teck. 1894 — The Falcon, with the Peary auxiliary expedition, sailed from St. Johns, N. F.... Federal troops ordered to Chicago to enforce United States laws. 1898 —PrSndent McKinley signed resolution to annex Hawaii... .Exchange of Spanish prisoners of war for Hobson and his comrades. 1904 —Alton B. Parker nominated for President by Democratic convention at St. Louis.. . .Thomas E. Watson of Georgia nominated for President by the People's party.