The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-29

1861.
Jan. 2-Frederiek William " of Prussia
Feb ls-First Italian parliament met at
Turin.
Feb. 26-Itallan parliament deereed Victor
Emanuel H.. of Sardinia, king OF italy.
Oct. N-William !. crowned king Of Prus-
sia.
Dec. ll-Prlnce Albert Of saxe-coburg-
Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria. died.
1852.
Oct. s-Count Otto von Bismarck appoint
ed prime minister of Prussia.
IsGa.
Feb. l-Ail Russian serfs freed by Alex
ander II. Previous to the emancipation
of the serfs on imperial domains In ISIS
there were more than SS,0o0,po1 serfs in
the Russian empire or these l6. 100000
were freed In 1858 and the remainder In
June 1s-French army occupied the City
OF Mexico
June 12-Archduke AaxImilian entered
City of Mexico as emperor.
1868.
Aug. 15-First vessel passed through suez
canal from Mediterranean to the Red
Dec. 1s-Lord Palmerston. English prem
Ter. died.
1906.
May al-Fenian raid into Canada: Loo
men crossed the Niagara river at Buff
falo.
June s--canadian parliament met for the
first time at Ottawa.
June lS-Italy and Prussia declared war
against Austria. This was the beginning
of the Seven Weeks War
July 3--Austrians defeated by Prussians
at battle OF Sadowa. Austrians lost 40,
900 men and the Prusslans 10000.
Aug 2-Treaty of peace signed between
Prussia, Italy and Austria. BY this
treaty Austria ceded Nenetia TO Italy
federation
Oct s0-Baron Ferdinand von Beust an
pointed Austrian foreign minister Tn
der his leadership Austria changed In
two years from an absolute to the most
liberal constitutional monarchy in Eu-
rope.
1867.
Feb. 7-Autonomy announced for Hun
gary A separate ministry for Hungary
was restored February IL.
Feb. 2f-First parliament of the North
German confederation opened by the
king of Prussia.
March 29-English parliament passed act
creating Dominion Of Canada out OF the
British provinces In North America.
March Diamonds discovered near what Is
now the city Of Kimberley, South Africa.
June S-Emperor Francis Joseph crowned
king of Hungary.
June 19-Maximilian shot In Mexico
June 2-Cochin, China, annexed TO France
by proclamation.
Dec. s--Wm. E. Gladstone became prime
minister of England at head of liberal
ministry.
1900.
June New liberal monarchical consti-
tuition adopted by Spanish cortes elect
ed by the reyolutionlsts Duke of Aos-
ia. son of Victor Emmanuel, OF Italy.
elected king of Spain by cortes Nov.
IL, 1870, to succeed Queen Isabella. who
had fed TO France.
July 26--Anglican church dlsestablished IN
Ireland by act of English parliament
Nov. n-Suez canal opened with elabo-
rate ceremonies.
church met al Rome. Pope's infalli-
bility In matters of faith and morals
reaffirmed.
philanthropist. died In London, aged ~
1870.
June o-charles Dickens died In England,
July s-Irish land act passed by English
parliament.
July 15-France declared war against
Prussia. This was the beginning Of the
Franco-Prussian war.
Sept. 1-French defeated by Prusslans at
Sedan. French loss, $1,000; Prussian
loss. 10000. The next day the French
army CT ,000 men and Emperor Ma
poleon Ill. surrendered to King Will
liam OF Prussia.
Sept f-Emperor Napoleon Ill deposed
and third French republic proclaimed at
4.15 D. m
Sept. 1e-Investment of Paris begun by
the Prussians.
Sept. 20-Rome surrendered TO italian
army by the pope. This marked the
end of the pope's temporal power
Nov. First election for district school
boards in England under authority of
new law providing for support OF pub
lie schools by local taxation.
Dec. 20-Railway tunnel through Mount
Gents completed. This connected Italy
with the rest of Europe by rail-
1871.
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