Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1907 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1434—-Hussites defeated at Lippau. 1453 —Turks under Mahomet 11. took Constantinople; 1498—Columbus sailed on his third voyage to the New World. 1593 —Christopher Marlowe, celebrated dramatist, killed in a quarrel. 1660—Charles 11. returned to England as King. 1763—The Wyandottes defeated Lieut. Cuyler at Point Peiee. 1776—British fleet arrived in Charleston harbor to begin the campaign in the South. 1794—Lord Howe defeated the French in the Bay of Biscay. 1802 —Charles Emmanuel 11. of Sardinia abdicated. 1813—Americans defeated at battle of Sackett’s Harbor. 1816—Mrs. Gewson, original of Dicken/ ~ character of Miss Haviland la “Great Expectations,” died. 1833 —William J. Duane of Pennsylvania became Secretary of the Treasury. 1838—New charter granted the Hudson Bay Company. 1845—Mexico declared war against the United States. 1857 —Chinese fleet destroyed by Sir M. Seymour and Commodore Keppel.

1858— Marc Klaw, theatrical manager, born. 1859 — French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians at Magenta. 1861 —Ship Canadian sunk in Straits of Belle Isle; 85 lives lost. 1865 —National fast day proclaimed for the death of President Lincoln. 1871 —Canada issued its first post cards .... Fall of the Paris Commune. 1875 —Paul Boyton crossed the English channel In his life-saving dress in 23 hours. 1879—Badge of St Katherine, for nurses, instituted by Queen Victoria .... Prince Louis Napoleon killed during the Zulu war in South Africa. 1889— Johnstown flood; 2,29 b “lives lost ... .Texas Spring Palace opened at - Fort Worth. 1890 — Statue of Gen. Lee unveiled at Richmond, Va... .Garfield Memorial dedicated at Cleveland, 0hi0..... President Carnot pardoned the Duka of Orleans, who was escorted out of France. - 1891— Trial of the Tranby Croft case begun... .Chilean insurgent steamer Itata surrendered to American naval vessels. 1893 Body of Jefferson Davis re-in-terred at Richmond, Va. 1894 — Six hundred men slain in the defeat of the government troops in Salvador. 1895 Gen. Primo-Rivera, captain general of Madrid, assassinated. 1896 — The Prince of Wales’ horse Persimmon won the Epsom Derby.... Disaster at Moscow during coronation festivities cost 2,000 lives. 1897 — Severe earthquake shock felt ia the Central States... .Mob of lynchers at Urbana, Ohio, fired upon by militia and four persons killed. 1898 — Public funeral of Mr. Gladstone In Westminster Abbey... .Commercial treaty between United Staton and France signed. 1900 —Paul Kruger fled from Pretoria. 1902 — Peace of Pretoria. 1903 Many lives lost in floods at Topeka, Kan.... Presbyterian general assembly enacted amendments te the Confession of Faith. 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial exp*Bition opened at Portland, Ore. 1906 King Alfonso, XIII. of Spain and Princess Ena of Battenberg married.