Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1907 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1450 —Jack Cade defeated Stafford at Sevenoaks. 1491—King Henry VIII. of England born at Greenwich. 1541—Pizarro, the hero of the conquest of Peru, died. 1644—-Charles I. victor at Cropredy bridge. 1682 —Charles XII. of Sweden born. Killed at Frederikshald, Dec. 11, 1718. 1764—William Conyngham, Lord Plunket, who prosecuted Robert Emmet, born. Died 1854. — 1784—Mme. Thible, first female aeronaut, made ascent in Paris. 1806—Coal first mined in the United States, at Mauch Chunk, l*a.. 1810 —King Louis of Hollaiyf abdicated. 1812—Mrs. Siddons took her farewell of the stage. 1821—Spain agreed to sell' Florida to the United States. 1839 —Maharajah Runjeet Singh of Lahore, owner of the famous Kor-l-noor, died. 1843—Last fatal duel fought in England. 1846 —Abolition of the Corn laws by Sir Robert Peel. 1849 —England repealed the navigation act. 1857 —First distribution of the Victoria Cross took place in Hyde Park, London.

1861—Steel guns first manufactured at Trenton, N. J. 1863 —Gen. Meade succeeded Gen. Hooker in command of the Army of tbn Potomac. 1874 —Charley Ross abducted from hla father’s home at Germantown, Pa. 1890 — Major Panitza executed at Sofia, Bulgaria, for conspiring against tho government .. President Harrison signed the dependent pension bill. 1891— Spain and the United States concluded a commercial treaty....An inland lake appeared in the Colorado desert. 1802 —Twelfth Parliament of Queen Victoria dissolved... .Steamer City of Chicago wrecked on tbe Irish coast, near Cork. - ~ "'—'t"'1893 The South Carolina liquor dispensary law took effect... .Gov. Altgeld of Illinois pardoned the Haymarket anarchists... .Banks of New York prevented a money panic by the loan of $6,000,000. 1894 — M. Casimir-Perler elected President of France.... Dr. R. W. Buchanan, wife murderer, electrocuted at Sing Sing, N. Y. 1896 —Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” died. Born June 14, 1812. 1898— Semi-centennial of Wisconsin an a State celebrated at Milwaukee...i Battle of El Caney (Spanish-Amer-ican war)... .The Japanese cabinet, under Premier Ito, resigned... .Clifton House at Niagara Falls destroyed by fire. 1899 The Shamrock, challenger for thn America cup, launched on tlw Thames... .Harvard victorious in three boat races with Yale . 1900 — United States battleship Oregon grounded near Chefoo, China. 1904- Norge lost off the Scottish coast and 646 persons perished. 1905 — John D. Rockefeller gave $1,000,000 to the endowment fund of Tain university.... Serious riots in Warsaw, Poland.