Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-29

1369-Battle of Montei.
1519-Fernando Cortez and his band Of
explorers attacked by Indians.
1521-Insurrection and massacre in the
island of Majorcs.
1590-Battle of Ivry.
1621-Plymouth colonsts received first
Indian visit. f.. Complaint against
Lord Bacon for corruption presented
to the House of Lords.
1632-Treaty of St. Germain. by which
Canada and Nova Scotia were restor-
ed to the French.
1644-Roger Williams obtained charter
for Incorporation of Providence, r. l.
1676-Narragansett Indians attacked
Northampton, Mass. =. Settlement of
Warwick r. l., destroyed by the
Indians.
16S0-First Assembly of New Hampshire
met at Portsmouth.
171S-First person inoculated for small
pox in England.
1757-Admiral John Bying shot at Ports
mouth, England, for cowardice.
1866 Celebration in Boston over repeal
of the Stamp act.
1176-Boston evacuated by the British.
177S-Enga cement at Quintan's Bridge.
New Jersey.
17S1-French surrendered island of st.
Bartholomew to the British {. Corn
wallis retreated from Guilford court
house.
1793-Battle of Linden.
1SO0-British ship Queen Charlotte de-
stroyed by an explosion off Leghorn.
1S02-Miitary institution established at
West Point \. y.
1S0S-King Charles ". of Spain abdi-
Gated in favor of his son.
1S13-Delaware liver blocked by British
ships.
1S15-Kingdom of the Netherlands pro-
claimed William l. as King.
1S4S-Insurrection at Milan: fight Of
the viceroy.
1S53-Nankn taken by rebels; 10000
massacred
1S55-First train across Niagara bridge.
1OoO-LuchpOW taken.
1S61-Kingdom of Italy established.
1S63-Prince William George of Den
mark elected King of Greece.
1S65-Battle of Bentonvile, n. Co..
Lincoln issued proclamation to pun
ish persons supplying arms to In
dians. Confederate arsenal at Fay
etteville, n. c., destroyed by Sher-
man.
1S67-Mexico evacuated by the French.
1S69-Revolt Of convicts in Sing Sing
prison keeper killed.
1S71-Communist uprising in Paris.
Siege of Paris begun.
1S72-Execution of three Communists at
Satory.
1S73-San Salvador destroyed by an
earthquake.
1S75-Tornado devastated Rienzi, Miss.
1S7S-Great strike of weavers in Eng
land. .O'Donoyan Rosa riot iii To-
ronto. i
1sS2-"Billy the Kid captured in Min
neapolis.
18S3-Collision on Edinburgh and Glas-
cow railroad at Central station; sew
enty-four killed. :. Alleged attempt
to assassinate Lady lorenzo Dixie
at Windsor.
1SS4-Egyptian troops defeated at Khar-
toum. Tribal rising in Egypt from
Kassala to Berber.
1SS5-One hundred and thirty-seven min
ers suffocated in Rhenish Prussia.
1SS6-Geronimo and band surrendered
to Lieut.. Maus in Arizona.
1SS7-Tran fell through a bridge in
Boston; forty lives lost. Fire de-
stroyed Richmond hotel in Buffalo;
thirty-two lives lost.
1S88-Santa Fe railroad tied up by
strikers. i. 4. Morocco refused demands
of the United States.
1SS9-Coper panic in Paris
1S90-Boomers invaded the Cherokee
strip.
1S91-Steamer Ethiopia sunk in GibraI-
tar bay; 81 lives lost. =. Keystone
National bank in Philadelphia closed
its doors.
1893 100000 fire in Milwaukee.
jules Ferry, president of French Sen
ate, died.
1S94-Walter Wellman, Arctic explorer,
sailed from New York.
1s95-Missing Spanish warship Reina
Regente found sunken near Gibral-
tar; 400 persons lost. Two hun
bred thousand bootmakers on strike
in England Revolt crushed in Co
lombia.
19O5-Cruiser Washington launched at
Philadelphia. james Fl. Peabody
declared Governor of Colorado.
Gen. Linevitch appointed to succeed
Kuropatkin in command of Russian
army. More than a score killed in
coal mine explosion at Thurmond,
w. Va.
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