The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-05

the family.
The present milndo of Japan is
MutSu fitO. who asccnded the throne ;
February Is, 1867. The royal history {
of Japan begins with Jimmu, 660 B. G. /,
Since that time l23 emperors and em i
presses, with nj sorts Of unpronouncC- {
able names, have U$ccndrd and de- I
.rcndcU the throne. Among the mos: :
remarkable ENvCr,iE0S were Go-S"i :
rakuwa. Observation-Disclosures, Go.EUHa. :
kuSu. Okjn'achj. NaNanomikodo a.. ,
Go.SNNurANiath.
saul. IN lvNi 5. <, - the accession ..
RohoNoau. IN ".i. had three KINGS
saul. DAVID AMI solomon, who car.
rsjEncd jHr;y years. The kingdom @.
Israel. from tAH Accession OF Jeroboaw
|. IL -. = the dispersion Of the ten
tribes III ,-l. haG niCeteen kings. Be-
tween N.rNnOam. Il. 9. go. and Iodc-
k;IN, vEr .a$t king OF Jerusalem before
the bAaI.oni&h captivity il 500, there
were twenty-five kings.
Th" present shah OF Persia asccndcd |
the throne this year, directly after the |
assassination OF his father. The king |
CON, OF Persia w;.s founded by Cyrus |
the Great, who rcigned from B. c. |
JJ9 TO Is. {. 520. From his accession to |
the present time there have been four
great dynastics, which, with their col. |
lateral branches. have ruled the coun-
try during the Intervening time. In
all, Persia has had about lis kings.
Persian. Tartar, Greek and Mogul.
The present ruler Ct Germany is En-
peror William II. who acccdcd 10 tho
throne June 10, lSSS, on the death Of
bis father. Emperor f'rr.jrl;cE The
German empire was the cessation of
Charlcmagnc in 500. Since that time
TO the present emperor tncre have
been sixty rulers of various royal
houses. the disturbed condition of Ger
many for several hundred years and
the political changes made hy the wars
OF the middle ages bringing first one
and then another royal family into pro-
mlnenCG.
The present president ot Mexico is
General POrtiriO DiaZ. whose term be.
gan December |. 1872. lie has had the
longest and most brilliuut lease of
power OF any ruler OF Mexico since the
revolt against Spanish luic. From the
first president, i'll lS2l to the present
Mexico has had eighteen rulers. The
establishment OF the Mexican empire
by The il-sturred Maxinillian scarcely
made more than a ripple in Mexican
national affairs, aud that unfortunate
man does not realty deserve to be
classed among Mexican rulers.
The present emperor OF Russia,
Nicholas ii, ascCndeu the throne No
vcmDcr2, 1884. The Russian monarchy
dates from S62, when lturik, Il Nor
, man nob!cman, was elected by Il mum
her OF independent Muscovitc tribes
as their king. From that time Russia
WAS ruled by tifty-scvcn czars until the
accession OF Peter the Great in 1862,
who was the first to assume the title
OF emperor: since then there have
~ a n, Il f..
on, IN al, seventy sovcrcigns. The
present house OF Rolianoif holds the
throne by virtue OF the election of
Michael FGodor Rumuuow in 1913.
Thc present king OF Denmark is
Christian lA, who ;taccndcd :hc throne
November Is, 1868. The Danish his
| torical records claim that their mon
| archy was established B. G. 80 by
SNihold, Il son Of the gods, but for
| manT centuries the authentic history
Ol Denmark and It's royal family is uu-
| CERTAIN The history Of the danish
kin28 may Ao said To begin with Canute
The Great, who conquered Norway and
England and rcignrJ from l0lG to I02S.
From that time to the present Dem
mark has had thirty kings. The royal
family Of ncnnnrk is related by blood
or marriage to nearly every rel Gning
f.mily.jn Europe.
HNNNt lCitit.t Sin Hcr reign IN
lN3', and has enjoyed the longest reign
Of English history, and one Of the
longest in the history Of amy country.
On tho Gate OF hcr accession she was
eighteen years otd, only two on three
sOvcrci2n5 Of England having bccn
younger on the date of coronation
English royal history begins with tho
namc OF EgOart the Great, whose reign
comnenccd III 81. From that date
until the Norman conquest, in 1866,
there were t"cnty-onc kings. From
William tNn Cong ucror to the acccs-
sion OF thC house OF Hanover, in l1l4.
there were twcnty-scvcn kings and
iUur queens. The present rcigning
house IL represented in history by five
Kings and one queen.
" Inc ptcacnt king Of Spain is AlDhonso
XIII, woo a>ccndrd, or, rather, was
lifted M 20 the throne in the year OF his
birth, lSN'i, his mother being declared
queen regent. fctwcUn IA and 756
spain WAS governed by Emirs Pclayo,
Il descendant Of the Gothic kings, who
was the first distinctivcly Spanish sovc-
reign. whose ruio was acknowledged
over IL portion OF the north about 7l9 |
From THAI time 20 tho accession of the |
present sovereign Spain has had about
$50 kings. This extraordinary num-
hcr for that length Of time Is explain |
ed by the circumstance that, up to the |
union Of Ferdinand and Isabella. Spain |
was divided into two and sometimes |
more independent monarchics, owing |
allegiance tn different monarchs.
Tie present president Of the French |
republic Is NJ. Francois Folk Faurc. |
who WAS elected after the assassina-
ton OF his predecessor, Nj. Carnot. |
The royal history OF France began |
with CiudiGn in lbs. Tho Merovingian |
dynasty ruled France from this date to |
~, and had forty kings; then came
the Carlovlnginn dynasty bcginning |
with Pcpin the Short in III or 1872, &C
cording to different historians. This
family had eighteen kings and was
succeeded by tho family Of llugn Capet,
| whose SUCCESSORS numbered fifteen
then camo the collateral family of |
V"l>is, with thir:een sovcrcigns, and
was followed by the Bourbons, whose
dynasty boGna with Henry " and was
continued by four kings, who ruled
until The revolution. Between the