The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-23
1851.


" OF Prussia. succeeded by William l.
March S-Czar Alexander emanclpates
serfs OF Russia.
April 13-Amsriean Civil War begins.
August liking Of Sweden visits Eng
land
August 14-Prince consort dies.
1862.
May 1-Grest International Exhibition
opened.
1858.
January President Lincoln prociairns
freedom OF slaves in Southern States
March 10-Marriage of Prince of Wales
and Princess Alexandra OF Denmark. at
Windsor.
June 1e-Confederate alabama sunk OF
cherbourg by Federal steamer Kear-
November 4-Lincoln again elected Presi-
dent.
1865.
April a-Surrender OF Lee and his army to
Grant characterization OF President
Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's
Theatre. Washington
May 26--CiiSSss OF American civil war.
October 1s-Death Of Lord Palmerston.
1866.
February 1T-BiIl suspending habeas cor
pus act in Ireland Is passed.
May student named Blind tries to as
sassinate Bismarck. 11-Black Friday
in London.
June 15-War between Prussia and Italy
and Austria.
1867.
March 5-Fenian disturbances in Ireland
July 12-Sultan arrives in England
1868.
July sf--frisb and Scotch acts receive
royal assert.
August s-Her Majesty leaves for switz-
erland.
December 2-Gladstone becomes Premier.
1869.
January ii-Convention with the United
States respecting Alabama claims
signed.
April 13-United States Senate rejects the
Alabama Claims Treaty.
November 17-Suez Canal formally OPEN
ed.
February 13-Gladstone introduces the
Irish Land Bill.
June 10-Charles Dickens dies.
July 17-France declares war against
Prussia. 1S-Infallibility OF the Pope
decreed.
September 12=-Battles around Sedan:
surrender Of Emperor Napoleon and
McMabonss@ s:Ey. 5-French Republic
proclaimed.
October 12-Robert E. Lee, Confederate
general, dies.
1871.
January 1s-King OF Prussia proclaimed
German. Emperor. 21-Fatal Red"
riots in Paris. ..-.....
February 26-Peace between France and
Germany
March Herman army enters Paris Is
Proclamation of Paris Commune. 20
Death of Louise. Queen of Sweden.
October s-Burning OF Chicago.
1879.
April 3-Antioch destroyed by earthquake.
July 1S-Attempted assassination of King
and Queen of Spain. Celebration of
1OO0th anniversary of the Kingdom Of
Norway.
September 1S-Charles XIV. King of Swe-
den and Norway. dies.
November z3-Horace Greeley dies.
1873.
January 9-Death of Napoleon III. 1s-
Death of Lord Lytton.
March 13-Gladstone resigns. but Dis
raeli refuses to take office
May death of DR., Livingstone. s.
1874.
February 1I-Gladstone resigns. Disraeli
Premier.
July 13-A.tempted assassination of Bis
marck by Kullman.
September 30-Fiji Islands ceded to Great
Britain
December 2-Prince of Wales becomes
Grand Master of Free Masons. 30
Prince Alfonso proclaimed King of
Spain.
January 12-Emperor of China dies 10
Gladstone retires from Liberal leader
ship.
July 2S-Death of Hans Christian Ander-
sen.
October 11-PriIce Of Wales leaves on
his Indian tegT.
November 22-Conviction of Wainwright
for Whitechapel murder. 25-England
purchases Khedive's shares in Suez
Canal.
January 4-Lord Lytton becomes viceroy
of India.
February 1s-CharIotte Cushman dies.
May Queen is proclaimed Empress of
India.
August 1s-Disraeli becomes Earl Of Bea-
consfeld.
October 31-Awful cyclone in Calcutta,
greatest on record; 215. 900 reported lost.
1877.
April 121Transvaal annexed to British
Empire. 24-Russia declares war
against Turkey.
June 3-Pope's Jubilee.
September 3-M. Theirs dies
1878.
February 7-Pope Plus TX dies
June ASSASSINATION of German Emperor
attempted.
September 6-Mehemet Ali Pasha assassi-
mated. ---r-e.-
naught to Princess Louise of Prussia
June Prince Louis Napoleon killed By
a Zulu
December ATTEMPTED assassination Of
the Gar.
1880.
March 25-Queen leaves for tour of Ger
many.
April 23-Mr. Gladstone becomes Prime
Minister.
November General Garfield elected
President of the United States. Mr..
Parnell and others committed for trial.
December 2f-Boer revolt and disaster to
British troops.
February 2I-British defeat at Majuba
Hill.
March ASSASSINATION of the Car Alex
ander III. 22-The Beers agree to ac-
cept self-government under the suzer-
ainty OF Great Britain.
April 19-Death Of the Earl of Beacons-
field.
July ASSASSINATION of President Gar