Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1907 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1402—English defeated the Seots at Homeldon Hill. 1504—Columbus took final leave of th* New World and sailed for Spain. 1600—Henry Hudson discovered the riv~ er which bears his name. IG40 —Lord Stirling, to whom James L gave a large section of what is now the United States and Canada, died in London. , 1645 —Covenanters defeated Montrose at Philiphaugh. . 1742 —Faneuil Hall completed and presented to the town of Boston. 1759—Wolfe landed troops at Quebec. 1775—Gen. Washington began to comm ission war vessels. 1778^—Benjamin Franklin sent to France as minister plenipotentiary. 1781— Gen. Washington arrived at Williamsburg and assumed command. 1782 Congres* accented—the offer of Virginia’s western lanus. 1786—Connecticut deeded western land to Congress. 1788—Congress made New York the capital city of the United States. 1780—Alexander Hamilton became Secretary of the Treasury,.. .Henry Knox of Massachusetts became Secretary of War. 1803—Lord- William Downs appointed chief justice of Ireland. ~ ~ 1814 —Battle of Plattsburgh, N. Y British made an unsuccessful attack on Baltimore. ...British bombarded Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, .. . British abandoned their expedition against Baltimore. 1820- —Treaty of Adrianople, ending war between Russia and Turkey. 1841—Walter Forward of Pennsylvania became Secretary of the United States Treasury. 1846 First Mississippi riflemen, under command of Company I, Jefferson Davis, charged the Mexicans at Fort Teneria. 1847 — American army under Gen. Scott inarched into the Mexican capital... Many lives lost in liurriaane off Newfound land. 1850—Jenny Lind first appeared on an American stage at Castle Garden, If. ” Y... .Alexander H. 11. Stuart of Virginia became Secretary of the Interior. 1858 —Steamship Austria, Southampton to New York, burned at sea; 471 lives lost. ~ / 1861— President Lincoln revoked Gen. Fremont’s emancipation order. 1862 Governors of fourteen States met at Altoona, Pa., and approved of emancipation as a war measure.... Gen. McClellan appointed to command the defense of Washington. 1864 —Gen. Sherman entered Atlanta, ending the four weeks’ siege... .Gen. Sherman ordered all civilians to leave Atlanta. 1860 —National Prohibition party organized at a convention hi Chicago. 1871 — Henry Irving first appeared in “Fanchette” at the London Lyceum. .... Mont Cenis tunnel opened. 1872 Alabama claims against England decided in favor of the United Staten. 1886 —Canadian Pacific Kilway telegraph line opened for busuMoe. 1803— Gov. William McKinley of tihio opened his campaign for re-eleetion •with a speech at Akron. 1894 —Hinckley and other Minnesota towns swept by forest fives. 1898 —British forces defeated the Dervishes at Omdurman.... Admiral Cervera and other captured Spanish officers sailed for Spain. 1906 —Emperor of China issued an edict promising constitutional government.