The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-12-19
1T Is MARVELLOUS HISTORY.
GREAT RECORD or THE PAST.
The Loading One Hundred Events
of the Nineteenth Cer,ury.
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of tho Nineteenth Cer,ury.
| Christian Herald.
An eVentful century truly has beer
this nineteenth century Of the Chris
ttan era now within q month Of its close
From whatsoever standpoint 1T Is re
garded, it's history is marvellous. |,
the knowledge we have gained duriDt
It's progress, OF our own globe, it stand,
unparalleled. There has been wonder
lul progress also in science, in eduCa
ton, and in the adaptation OF natura
forces to human purposes. Pulitica
and territorial changes, too, have mad,
this very different world from tha'
Of 1890 II WAS not possible in small
pace to even mention the events which
make the century memorable, but II
nay be interesting to recall a hundred
which, III not the most important, are
hose that have had the greatest IL nu
nee In shaping and developing tn,
condition of the nations.
WARS AND REVOLUTIONS.
Battle OF AusterI z, Nap"l, on de
ats Austrians and Russians, 1905
Butle OF Trafalgar, Nelson sink,
French feet, 1905. :
Moscow burned bv the Russians to
entrap Napoleon, 1912.
Battle OF Waterloo, Napoleon van.
quished, 1915.
Battle Of Navarino, securing Greek
independence, 1927.
Crimean war, Great Britain France
and sardinia against RussIa, 1853 80.
lndia mutiny. In which native sol
diers massacre lGoglish men women auC
children, 1857.
Franco Austrian war, 1859, fCl oweo
~ Garibaldi's campa gnunlfying Isaiy.
1860.
ne great civil war in America
tS6l-65. Surrender Of Lee TO Grant u
Appomattox, April 9, 1865.
Austro-Pru-sian war. Decisive bat
tie, SaCowa, July 3, 1866
Franco Prusstan war. Decisive bat
lie, Sedan, Septt IN Der |, 1870: follOwe,
oy federation OF German States In Ger
man empire.
Russo Turkish war. Battle of P.evna,
D9CeLnoer ~, 100 siAa
Bonn bardment Of Alexandria by tbs
British, 1882, followed by the occupa
Aon OF Egypt.
War between Chinese and Japanese.
1894.
hnerico-SDanish war, Manila, Nav
|, 1898 Santiago, July 3, 1898.
War by Great Britain against South
African republics, 1899 1900.
France becomes an empire, 1904 4: IA
'eDu "lic, 1913; - empire again, lo52 !;
third republic, 1870
General Outbrt ak of revolutions
throughout Europe, 1913.
Rome, seized from the poDe, becomes
capital OF United Italy, 1870.
EXPLORATION.
hn CT.
John Franklin, 1915; D'Long, 1879 :;
Greedy, 1881; Peary, 1892; Nanscn
1891; Duk. OF the Abru2zl (farthcsl
nrtt 1900.
ln the Antarctic: Biscoe. 1881 B !
eny, 1888; ID U"ville, lSl0; Rs. 1871 :;
Wilkes, 1872; Borchgrevink, 1893.
ln Afr'c. Livingstone, lS4O-73 {:
! anley, 1915 81; Speke and Grant,
1863.
In America John G. Eremonts jour.
ney westward To the Pacific, 1912 i6.
INVENTION.
First steam boat, the Clemont, made
\ voyage from New York to Albany.
1907; the tirst steamboat to cross th,
\tlantic, the Savannah, 1919.
First railroad, Stockton and Darling
on, England, 1926 Baltimore anu
Lighting the streets by gas, first ex.
Jeriment in London, 1907.
Electric light produced by Elisor's
a 'piI cato Of sub-uivls on, 1878.
'he Mccormick reaper II vented,
1884.
HOwe's sewing machine 1916.
The electric telegraph, Samuel f.
b Morse, 1897. Fret line in the Unite,
States, 1874
The telephone first exhibited, 1876.
Inc phonograph, 1877 So
Cable laid across the Atlantic. 1857 :;
perfected 1866.
Electric railroad at Edison's home
at Menlo Park, 1890.
Photograph f rst experiment by
Daguerre, 1929; first successful por
trait by Morse, 1899.
The spectroscope, first used, 1902 I;
perfected, 1859.
RoentPAn rays found to penetrate
solids, 1896.
SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN.
Slavery abolished In the British do.
minions, 1888
Alexandria III emperor OF Russia,
emancipates tvs cnty.three million scrfs,
1861.
Lincoln's emancipation proclama
tion, 1862
First international exposition in
Hyde Park, London, 1851.
First settlement Of an international
quarrel by arbitration instead OF war
alabama claims OF the United States
against England) 1871.
international Peace Congress sum
moned by Russia meets at The Hague,
1899.
Organization OF the Red Crosf
Society at Geneva, 1864.
Organization OF the Wnman's Chris
tisn Temperance Union, 1873.
First college settlement established
1886.
The Christian Herald adopts $ O0(
chi i'dren orphaned by the India famine
1900.
RELIGIOUS.
Organization OF the American board
of commissioners for foreign missions
1910. First missionaries sent out, 1911
Organization of the first Sunday
school union in London, 1903. Ameri
can, 1924.
British and Foreign Bible societ.
founded, 1904.
American Bible society organized
1916.
First Young Mems Christian associa
tion established by George William
In London, 1874.
The ipqusitlon abolished by tn
Spanish cOrtes, 1920.
Beginning OF the Salvation Army
1855.
Doctrine OF Papal infallibility form
ally endorsed by the Ecumenical cour
oil, 1870.
Bible revision New TPstaLnen
issued, 1881 o Testament. 1885.