The Portland daily press., 1880-07-14
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| last month commemorated in New Jersey
| On the Sd inst. the two-hundredth anniversary
| OF the discovery of the Falls of st. Anthony by
Father Louis Hennepin was celebrated with
great eclat at Minneapolis On the 10Th inst
falls the centenary of the French expedition
under De Grasse and Rochambeau at New
port, an event that should certainly receive ap-
propriate,- commemoraton in the "City by the
Sea-" On the 14th inst. France will celebrate
for the first time her new national festival
the anniversary Of the first popular event of
the French Revolution, the capture of the
Bastile, in 1889, and also of the Feast of the
Federation" established in 1890, but discon-
tinued under the first empire. On the 9th,
18th and 18th will doubtless be celebrated the
semi-centenary of the "three days of july"
1880, when the Bourbon monarchy of France
was overthrown and the way paved for the
accession of the "citizen king" Louis Philippe
Moreover, on the 31st inst. the Jesuits through
out the world will respond to the recent edict
of persecution in France by celebrating with
great pomp the birthday of their founder, Don
lingo Lopez de Recalde, better known by his
religious name of ST. Ignatius Loyola, and his
colossal statue will be unveiled in front of the
house where he was born, at Azpeitia Spain,
in 1491. In September Belgium will COM
memorate by a national exposition the achieve
ment OF her independence by the disruption
of the kingdom OF the Netherlands, as consti-
tuted by the Congress of Vienna in 1874 The
semicentenary of the French conquest of Alge-
sa as0 o s 81 h 1dlES but tie T Tdes o the
Algerines. The kingdom of Greece dates
from the same year, its independence hav-
ing been proclaimed by Great Britain
France and Russia, by means of the London
Protocol" February 3, 1880. Prince Leopold
of Sake Coburg was in the same year chosen
king of Greece, but having declined that
post in consequence of the insuficiency of
the territory assigned the new kingdom he
was the next year made king of Belgium
The disruption of the original republic of
Colombia, as founded by Bolivar, also took
place in 1880, General Paez having proclaimed
the independence OF Venezuela, and the fol-
lowing year Quito followed suit, establishing
republic with the new-fangled name of Ecua-
dor. 1t was thus evident that the year 1880
was veritable year of transitions, from which
modern history may properly be dated. In
England new sovereign, William w., as
cended the throne, and the first efficient steps
were taken for the passage of the reform bill,
which, however, did not finally pass until
1882. In Europe the triumph of the literary
school known as romanticism is usually dated
from 1880, and in England the rise of the An
glcan Church movement under Newman,
Keble and Pusey may distinctly be traced to
that year. In the United States the year 1880
conceded with the practical dissolution of the
old political parties, the rise of new Issues un-
der Jacksonian auspices andsthe consequent
formation of the new parties which afterward
took the names of Democrat and "Whig."
To conclude this long enumeration of anniver-
saries, it is only necessary to refer to the re-
Gently celebrated centenary of the founding of
Sunday schools. and the rapidly approaching
centenaries of the capture of Major Andre,
Sept %, 1880, and the battle of Kings Noun
tain, Oct. Z. 17S0.-New York Herald.