Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1907 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1160—Frederic I. defeated by the Italians at Carceno. 1316—Irish defeated at Athenry. 1519—Magellan started on his famous voyage of exploration. 1535—Cartier entered the St. Lawrence on his second voyage of discovery. 1557 —Spanish and English defeated the French at St. Quentin. '1607—-First settlers from England landed in Mhine. 1625—King Charles I. of England dis- ■ rsolved Parliament. 1640—Arras taken by the French.' - * 1642—First' commencement exercises of Harvard college. 1647 —Irish defeated at Dungan Hill. 1666—First ships built in Canada said to have been launched at Quebec. 1675—Greenwich observatory commenced. 1690 —Limerick besieged by William 111. 1704 —Narva taken by Czar Peter of Russia. ■ 1736 —First newspaper printed w in Virginia, at Williamsburg. 1738 —Orsova taimen by the Turks. 1741—Frederick 11. fbqk Breslau. 1763 British defeated by the Indians at battle of Bushy Run, in Michigan. 1764 Civil government established in Quebec. 1792—Attack on the Tui 1 eries and mas--sacre of the Swiss guards. 1812—Madrid entered by Wellington and his forces. 1814- —Commission from England and the United States met at Ghent to arrange a treaty of peace. 1821— Missouri admitted to the Union. 1822 — Suicide of Lord Castlereagh. 1830 — Louis Philippe proclaimed King of the French. 1831 — Louis McLane of Delaware became Secretary of the United States Treasury. 1832 Gibbeting irons used for the last time in England. 1836 — Revolution in Madrid, and flight of Isturitz. 1837 — Seven lives lost by the falling of a suspension bridge at St. John, N. B. 1840 —English Parliament passed an act prohibiting the use of boys as chimney sweeps. 1842 Ashburton treaty signed at Washington, defining the boundary between .Canada and the United States. 1843 — Natal annexed to the British possessions. 1844 — Commemoration festival held at Ayr in honor of Robert Burns. 1855 —Bombardment of Sweatoorg. 1857—Napoleon 111. and Empress Eugenie arrived in England to visit Queen V ictoria. 1862 —Battle of Culpepper Court House, ‘ Virginia. ~ 1870 —Absconding Debtors’ act passed -- by British .Parliament. .. .Germans defeated the French at the battle of Woerth. 1884 —Gordon held Khartoum. 1889 — Mrs. Florence Maybrick convicted of the murder c 4 her husband. 1890 — William Kemeler executed at Auburn, N. ¥., first to be legally put to death by electricity in the United States. 1892—Great strike of switchmen began at Buffalo. Declared off Aug. 24. IS94 —Earthquake shocks felt at Memphis, Tenn.,..The President formally recognized the republic of Hawaii. 1897 —Senor Canovas, prime minister of Spain, assassinated by an anarchist ....The Anglo-Egyptian army captured Abu-Hamid on the Nile. 1899—Dreyfus trial opened at Rennes, France... .Twenty-nine persons killed in trolley ear disaster at Bridgeport, Conn. 1902—Outlaw Harry Tracy committed suicide in Oregon... .Coronation of King Edward VII.