New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-17
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Anniversary Events-June n.

Anniversary Evonts--June -.
1854 Josiah Holbrook, distinguished advocate
ue popular education, died, aged S.. he was . ma
ttvs q Derby, Coonecticat, aud graduated At Yale
CclIsks. II 1910 he ~ very saccessfn 10 dinsine
anonk lie young love for the study Of mineralogy
u xoolc1y, III ~ his life BY accidentally falling
iato Naekroc& creek, near Lynchburg, Va, while or
ke1oulcsl exrursion.
lsks 1he city Of Sonora. in California, was nearly
ds11eSysd b drs.
1851 - william King, nrst Governor Of Maine
died, Aged 81.
JsE0 The steamer Griffith, on Lake Erie, was
haEat, md 800 lives lost.
1875 Corner stone Of Bunker Hill Monument laid
With great and enthusiastic ceremonies Laiayettt
being present.
1915 s. British order 10 council, forhidding the
Amcans 70 use the Britain territories for purposes
connected with the Newfoundland fisheries.
lsl5--The allied army under wellington fell back
m waterloo, and Butcher to wavre The Earl of
Uxbtidge made brilliant charge of cavalry at &C.
mkppe.
l6l2-The Decameron of Boccacio, a single volume
small folio, printed in 147l sold It the sale Of the
Duke Of Roxburgh's library 70 the Marquis OF Bland
ford, ~ f2,260.
l607- Konigsherg, the capital Of Prussia proper,
with nearly 800 loaded vessels, 100000 stand Of
ann, etc, were taken.
1889 Flint days hattie Of the Trebia between the
French undsf Macdonald, and the Russians and Aus
1riAns under Enwar1pW. The French were compelled
% iAll back
l59l Ypies, in Belgium, surrendered to the
French under Moreau.
17s2-Dettls Of Feline, in which the Polish army
Il H. ne Tho
Acaiga lastsd from I in the morning until in the
evening. To- Of the Russians 1000 that Of the
Poles loo
17sl- Selma, Countess Of Huntington, died. From
1ais Of gaiety and dissipation she became suddenly
grave and pious, and was distinguished BY very ex-
tenaive charities.
I7sO-Bank opened In Philadelphia for supplying
he army with provisions, and flss,000 subscribed
payable in gold and silver.
1z76 British transports, George and Arabea, cap
tured in Boston Bay BY six American privateers.
Among the prisoners taken was the Hon. Archibald
Campbell, and 27l Highlanders.
It'll Battle Of Bunker's Hill, and burning Of
Charlestown BY the British. The Americans were
defsated with the loss Of 459 killed, wounded and
0iaiing. The killed, and those who died Of their
wounds were l59, including General Warren. British
1oas l054,of whom 226 were killed, and among them
Col Abercromby and Major Pitcairn, who occasioned
The first shedding Of blood at Lexington.
L0uisbourg, Cape Breton, taken from the
French by the British and Massachusetts, forces, IN
der Governor Shirley and Admiral Sir Peter Warren.
1734-Lonis Hector Villars, Peer Of France, died.
aged 90. He early adopted the profession Of arms,
md distinguished himself through long life as a
brave and efficient officer.
17l9-- Joseph Addison, editor Of the Spectator,
died. He was the ornament Of his age and country,
and bis writings will long continue to be read and adj
mired.
l69e-John sobieski, King Of Poland, died. He
distinguished himself on many occasions in the Polish
wars but the greatest Of bis exploits the raising
Of the siege Of Vienna, by which Europe was saved
from the calamities consequent upon an Eruption OF
Tia Turks.
X 1878 Father Marquette, and Joliet, citizen of
Quebec employed by n. Talon, for the discovery of
The Mississippi entered that noble river. They de-
scended to within three days journey Of the Gulf Of
Mexico
1868 Dunkirk surrendered to the French, and by
chem put into the hands Of the English.
1639-Ths King and his Scottish subjects met at
Dunse in Scotland, and agreed that matters eccesi
astieal should be decided by Assembly, civil mat
ters by Parliament.
l45S-AhonsoV y, OF Arragon, (the magnanimous),
died. He made himself master Of Naples and Sicily;
aside from his exploits warrior he was learned
man and the patron Of learning, and the father Of his
people.
1879 An attempt made to assassinatate Edward l.
Of England, in his tent at Acre, by messenger Of
The Emir Of Joppa. he received the blow on his
arm, grappled with the assassin, aud throwing him
on the ground dispatched him with his own dagger.
The life Of the Prince was saved by his wife, who
sucked the poison from the wound
1851 Robert Guiscard opened the famous siege of
Durazzo, now in European Turkey, on the Gulf of
Venice.
AL b C-The dictator, Tubertus Posthumus, |
gained victory over the Eqni and Volsci, inconsid
cradle but nox0us enemies of the commonwealth.