The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-02


|1192-Conrad de Monferrat assassinated.
1296-Edward 1. of England defeated the
Scots at battle of Dunbar.
1379-A poll tax imposed by English
Parliament.
147S-Julian De Medici assassinated.
536-Eruption of Mt. Aetna. Church
of st. Leon destroyed.
1552-Council of Trent prorOgued for
two years, but did not meet till 1862.
1557-The inquisition established in
France.
16O7-Christopher Newport and 100 9TH
ers entered Chesapeake Bay to es-
tablish first English colony in that
section.
1610-Patent for Newfoundland granted
to the Earl of Northampton.
1665-Plague broke out at St. Giles,
London.
1667-Milton disposed of the copyright
of Paradise Lost" for $25.
1694-Bank of England incorporated.
1715-Ahiance against Sweden by Rus
STA, Prussia, Denmark and Saxony.
1741-Cartagena attacked by Admiral
Vernon.
1744-Louis XIV. or France declared war
against Ouppn of Hungary
1762-The Irish Jewelers. suppressed by
Lord Halifax.
1772-Count Struensee executed in
Copenhagen.
1777-Danbury, Conn, destroyed by the
British.
17S1-Battle of Petersburg, Va.
Maryland ratified Federal consti-
tuition.
1792-First execution by guillotine.
1793-French defeated Austrians at bat
tie of Duren.
1798-Annexation of Geneva to France.
1799-French ministers assassinated by
Austrian regimenrN at Radstadt.
1812-Baltimore privateer Surprise cap
tured.
192S-Russia declared war against Tur-
key.
1830-City of Guatemala nearly de-
stroyed by an earthquake.
1S31-Imprisonment for debt abolished
in New York.
1836-St. Jean de Arc, Palestine, surren-
dered to the Egyptians.
1S3S-Steamer Moselle burned near Gin
cinnati, Ohio; 131 lives lost.
1S40-Battle of Fort King.
1S47-Ship Exmouth lost in Atlantic;
go persons persisted.
1S4S-Abolition of slavery in the French
dominions decreed.
1S49-Insurrection at Montreal.
1S50-Greek government submitted to
English demands.
1S54-Saves of Venezuela became free
men by act of emancipation.
1S55-Giovanni Pianori attempted to
shoot Louis Napoleon.
1S56-Crimean war terminated by rati-
fcation of treaty of peace.
1859-victor Emmanuel declared war
against Austria. =. Ship Pomona
foundered on Irish coast; 800 lives
lost.
1S64-U. S. government accepted services
of ne-hundred-day men, and appro-
priated $20,000,000 for their, pay
ment.
1S65-Gen. Johnson surrendered.
1S71-U. S. Supreme Court decided gen.
eral government could not tax sal
aries of State officers.
1S72-U. S. warship Kansas released
American steamship Virginius from
blockade by Spanish men-of-war in
port of Aspinwall.
1873-Attempted instruction and proc
lamation of Commune in Madrid.
1S75-Prince of Wales installed as
Grand Master of Masonic order in
England.
1S91-Statue of Admiral Farragut IN
yelled at Washington, D. G.
18S6-Destructive tornado in Kiloen,
Texas.
1SS7-Battle between Arabs and Egyp-
tians at Sarrass; 240 killed.
1891-Imposing funeral of Gen. Won
Moltke in Berlin.
Suspension of London Chartered
bank of Australia for 5000, OOO....
Great international naval review at
New York. =. Many persons killed
by tornado in Oklahoma.
1894-Earthquake destroyed six cities
in Venezuela.
189S-Matanzas, Cuba, bombarded by
Admiral SIMPSONS squadron of
United States warships. ...U U. S.
Congress passed an act for increase
of the regular army.
Public Beach for New York.