Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1907 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1086—The Domesday Book, a general survey of England, completed. 1093— Malcolm Camnore, King of Scotland, slain in battle at Alnwick. 1815—Swiss defeated the- Austrians a* battle of Morgarten. 1840—Moors defeated at battle ’•I Tarifa, in southern Spain. 1881 —Adolphus, Count of Cleves, founded “The Order of Fools.” 1618—Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded at Westminster for high treason. 1686—Treaty of neutrality between Eng- _ land and France for America. Antwerp... .The Netherlands, Napies, iviiian, etc., ttaueu to utc austrian dominions. 1727—New England shaken by an earthquake. 1761—The ehip L’Auguste wreeked..oflL. Cape Breton, 114 lives being lost. , 1763—Mason and Dixon arrived from England to survey the Pennsylvania and Maryland boundary. 1770 —Bruce, the African explorer, discovered what he considered to be the source of the Nile. 1775 — Benedict Arnold, with American troops, arrived at Quebec to lay siege to the city. 1776 British under Howe attacked Fort Washington. 1777 Washington retired to White Marsh, below Philadelphia. 1806—Lieut. Pike first sighted the Colorado mountain which bears his name. 1810—First steamboat on western waters left Pittsburg for New Orleans. 1814—The “Robert Fulton,” the first steam war vessel, launched. 1833—Remarkable display of meteorto ' stars seen over a large part of North America. 1839 —Khelat, capital of BeloqchiStan, 1846 —Cracow annexed by Austria. 1848— Count Rossi, minister of the interior, assassinated at Rome. 1849 — The ship Caleb Grimshaw burned at sea with great loss of life. 1856—The Grand Trunk ’ railway of Canada opened. 1860 —Major Robert Anderson of Kentucky ordered to take command of the Federal forces in Charleston harbor. 1864 —Gen. Sherman began his march to the sea.... Gen. Sherman cut the wire connection between Atlanta and Washington.... Gen. Sherman burned a part of Atlanta. 1881—Trial of Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield, began. 1885 —Servia declared war against Bulgaria. •1888 —Friends of the condemned Bald Knob outlaws in Missouri lynched five of the leading witnesses. 1889—Revolution at Rio Janeiro and a republic proclaimed. TB93 —Demonstration by Chicago anarchists. 1894 —Seer eta rjc Carlisle called for bids for a second issue of $50,000,000 of bonds. .. • 1898 —Earl of Minto sworn in as governor general of Canada. 1900—United States cruiser Yosemltt wrecked at Guam by typhoon. TgtjpzEkiggailbfi'' 6f OgclgggrTor der of President McKinley. 1902 —Attempt made on the life of King Leopold of Belgium.