Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1907 — THEWEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THEWEEKLY HISTORIAN

1606—Sara Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, sailed from England for Virginia. 1620 — Plymouth, Mass., founded. 1621 -English—.Commons cla i med freedom of discussion. 1686 —Sir Edmund Andros reached Boston as Governor of New England.... William of Orange entered London. 1719—First issue of Boston Gazette. 1745 —Prince Charles Edward, son of James 111. of England, won battle at Penrith. 1777 —Washington hoved his troops to Valley Forge. 1807 —Napoleon published Milan decree .... Embargo laid by Congress on American ships. 1813 — Fort Niagara taken by the British. 1814- —Treaty of Ghent, between Great Britain and America signed. 1838—London and Greenwich railway, first line in London, opened. 1846 — Col. Doniphan, in command of 1,000 Misouri volunteers, defeated force of Mexicans at Braceti. 1847 — Arab chief, Abd-el-Kader, surrendered to the French. 1854 —Steamer Westmoreland sunk in Lake Michigan; 17Jost. 1856 —Hugh Miller, famous English geologist, committed suicide. 1860 — South Carolina seceded from the Union. 1861 — Battle of Drainsville, Va.... Stone fleet sunk in Charleston harbor. 1862 — Confederates recaptured Holly Springs, Miss., taking the garrison prisoners. 1864 —First bombardment of Fort Fisher ... .Gen. Sherman entered city of Savannah. 1871— President Grant issued proclamation abolishing discriminating duties on Spanish imports... .Fourth National bank of Philadelphia failed. 1872 — Second trial begun of Edward S. Stokes for murder of James Fisk,. Jr ....Barnum’s museum, New York City, destroyed by fire. 1880 —Electric street lighting introduced in New York. 1890 — Isaac Sawtelle convicted at Dover, N. H., of murder of his brother Hiram. 1891 — Collision on Hudson River railroad at Hastings, N. Y.; 14 killed.... The Guion steamship Abyssinia burned at sea. 1894 —First Parish councils elected in London. 1902 Wireless message sent across the Atlantic. 1903 — East river bridge opened. 1905 —Great strike in St. Petersburg.