Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1906 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1191—Chrliftians tookH»08se88iop of etty of Acre, in Palestine. 1414—-Henry V. claimed restoration *1 EnglTsF possessions in France. .1537—Janet, Lady Glamis, burned as a witch on Castle Ilill, Edinburgh. 1540—Anne Askew burnt in London. 1584 —William, Prince of Orange, assassinated. 1609 —rJlenry Hudson first obtained sight, of the American continent. 1691 —English defeated French and Irish at battle of Aghrim. 1713—Treaty of peace of Portsmouth; British and Indians. 1771—Mlsslpnbf San Antonio, Cal., founded. 1779 — Stony Point taken by the Americans. 1780 — American force under Sumter defeated British at Williamson’s plantation, South Carolina. 1782—Savannah, Ga., evacuated by the British. 1780—Treaty of peace between Morocee and the United States. 1788 — Russia declared war against Swe—*—den. 1789 -Bastile,, of Paris taken and destroyed. 1793 —Charlotte Corday, assassin of Marat, guillotined. 1804—Alexander Hamilton mortally wounded in duel with Aaron Burr. 1800—Mutiny of the Sepoys at Vellore, India... .Confederation of the Rhins formed. 1812 —Gen. Hull, with force of Americaa volunteers, invaded Canada. 1832 —President Jackson vetoed bill t« recharter United States Bank. 1837 —'Evacuation of Crimea by the allies.

1861 — Confederates victorious at battls of Rich Mountain, Va Payment of foreign debt suspended by Mexico 1862 — Gen. 11. W. Halleck'made com mander-in-chief of the United State* army. 15563 —United States ship Wyoming defeated Japanese in naval battle at Shimonoseki... .Mexican empire proclaimed ; Maximilian as emperor-... Draft riots in New Y'ork. 1864—Gen. Ilood superseded Gen. Johnston in command of Confederat* forces. 15566 —Freedmen’s Bureau bill vetoed by President Johnson. 1870—Congress granted pension of $3,000 per annum to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. 1872 — Voting by ballot became a law. 1873 — Don Carlos entered Spain and assumed command of his partisans. 1874 — Attempted assassination of Princs Bismarck at Kissengen. iB78 —Creation of Bulgaria by the treaty of Berlin.

15582—British bombarded Alexandria, Egypt. 1883 — Henry M. Stanley discovered Lake Mantunba in Central Africa.' 1884— Survivors of Greely expedition reached St. John's, Newfoundland. 1885 — Arrival in Chicago of first carload of fruit shipped from Oregon. 1886 — Gov. West of lowa issued a proclamation against the Mormons. 1887— Cyclone nearly destroyed town of Waupaca, Wis. 1888— Brakemen on th, B. AQ. railroad went on strike. 189 Q—President approved act for admission of Wyoming to statehood.... Many persons killed by tornado at Lake Pepin, Minn. 1891 —George Francis Train completed circuit of tbe world in sixty-two days... .Niagara Falls crossed on a wire cable by D. J. Dixon.... Manchester Bhip canal opened. 1893 — Score of lives lost in cold storage fire at Chicago world's fair. 1894 Hundreds killed by earthquake at Constantinople..-President Cleveland signed act admitting Utah to statehood. 15597—Andree balloon expedition to north pole started from Tromsoe. 1898 —Gen. Miles landed in Cuba... .Surrender of Santiago by Gen. Toral. 1902 — Explosion of fire-damp in mine near Johnstown, Pa. ; more than 115 killed... .Celebrated Campanile, or bell tower, of Venice fell. 1903 — Cuban Senate ratified treaty granting United States naval and coaling stations. 1904 — Paul Kruger, Boer leader, died in Switzerland. 1905 Franco-German agreement over Morocco was anounoed.... Peary sailed from New York in north pole expedition.