Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1907 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1300—Robert Bruce' crowned King of Scotland. f 1512 —Florida discovered by Ponce de Leon. 1549—Thomas Seymour, lord high admiral cJLEngland, attainted and beheaded. 1563 —Pacification of Amboise published, granting toleration tp the Huguenots. 1632 —Canada and Acadia restored to France by the treaty of St. Gcrmain-en-Laye. 1676—Indians under King Philip attacked and nearly destroyed. Providence, R. I. 1687 —La Salle assassinated by his followers. 1694 —Incorporation of the Bank of England. 1697 —Hannah Dustin of Haverhill, Mass., killed her twelve Indian guards and escaped. 1719 —Spanish fleet intended for the invasion of England dispersed by a storm. 1779 —Gen. Tryon destroyed salt works at Horseneck, Conn. 1793^—The English, under Gen. Mcßride, took possession of Ostend. 1794 —Denmark and Sweden concluded treaty for mutual defense. 1793 —Ireland declared in a state of rebellion. 1799 —Battle of Verona, between the French and Austrians. 1804 — Congress passed a bill for the division of Louisiana territory into two districts. 1805 — The Cisalpine republic merged 'into the kingdom of Italy. 1812—Constitution of the Cortez signed and proclaimed in Spain. 1814 —U. S. frigate Essex surrendered to British ships Phoebe and Cherub in harbor of Valparaiso, Chile... .Gen. Jackson defeated Creek Indians at Great Horseshoe Bend, on the Tallapoosa...G«u. Wilkinson, with about 2,000 troops, attacked a party of British at Lake Colie, Lower Canada, and was repulsed... .Bonaparte defeated Winnigerode at battle of St. , Dizier. 1831 —Austrian troops entered Bologna and subdued Italian revolution. 1833—Seminole treaty concluded. 1836—Battle of Goliad, Texas, between Mexicans and Texans... .Col. Fannin, Texas soldier, surrendered to the Mexicans with 500 men, who were massacred one week later... .Massacre at Tanning, Texas. 1844 —Atmospheric railway near Dublin opened to traffic; discontinued 1855. 1846 — American army under Gen. Taylor, invaded iMexico. 1847 — Vera Cruz capitulated to the American army. 1853 Nankin taken by the rebels. 1854 — Cholera plague at its height in Barbadoes. Great Britain declared war against Russia... .Two shocks of earthquake felt at Macon, Ga. 1855 — The Arabs defeated at Ilasheon ....Thirty-five killed by explosion in the Midlothian coal mines, In Virginia..l .Georgia and the Car-o-linas devastated by forest fires. 1850—First street railway in New England, from Boston to Cambridge, opened. 1863 —Confederate steamer Iris taken by United States steamer Stellin off Charleston, S. C. IS67 —The union of Provinces act passed in Canada. 1870 — Texas readmitted to the Union. 1871 — Paris Commune proclaimed. 1874 —House of Representatives passed first interstate commerce bill. —Judge J. M. Elliott of Kentucky Court of Appeals, assassinated at Frankfort by Thomas Buford. 1883 —Four survivors of the Jeannette expedition to the Arctic reached New York. ISSS -Outbreak ,of the northwest rebellion in Canada. 1889 —The Eiffel tower, in Paris, opened. 18Q0-—Tornado destroyed part of the city of Louisville, Ky. 1801 — M. Bultcheff, Bulgarian minister of finance, assassinated at Sofia.... Canadian Pacific railway completed from ocean to ocean.... Failure of the Keystone National bank, Philadelphia. 1893 —The Tremont temple, Boston, de stroyed by fire. 1694 —Coxey opened his “army’' headquarters at Maasillon. 0hi0... .Presi dent Cleveland vetoed the Bland bill. 1895 —Mikado ordered cessation of hostilities between Japan and China. 1897 — Gen. Ruin ftivera, the Cuban commander, captured by the Spaniards ....Many killed and injured by cyclone at ('handler. Ok. 1898 — Bark Helen W. Almy foundered off Point Bonita, Cal.; 40 drowned .... Resolutions declaring war with Spain introduced in Congress. 1899 — English excursion steamer Stella wrecked near Alderney; 73 persons drowned.... Mrs. Place electrocuted at Sing Sjng for the murder of her stepdaughter. 1903—Mississippi river at New Orleans reached height of 19.8 feet.