The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-25

of Acre, IN Palestine.
1414-Henry V. claimed restoration of
English possessions in France.
! l537-Janet, Lady Glamis, burned as
witch on Castle Fill, Edinburgh.
| 1546-Anne Askew burnt in London.
154-William, Prince of Orange, assas-
sinated.
| 16O9-Henry Hudson first obtained sight
of the American continent.
I691-English defeated French and Irish
at battle of Aghrim.
1713-Treaty of peace of Portsmouth !;
British and Indians.
l771-Mission of San Antonio, CAL,
founded.
1779-Stony Point taken by the Ameri-
| cans.
l7SO-American force under Sumter de-
feated British at Williamson's plan
tation, South Carolina.
1782-Savannah, Ga, evacuated by the
British.
| 17S6-Treaty of peace between Morocco
and the United States.
| 1888 Russia declared war against Swe-
| den.
| 1789-Bastile of Paris taken and de-
stroyed.
I793-Charlotte Corday, assassin of
| Marat, guillotined.
| 1SO4-Alexander Hamilton MORALLY
| wounded in duel with Aaron Burr.
1SO6-Mutiny of the Sepoys at Vellore,
l. rs fho
| formed.
1S12-Gen. Hull, with force of American
volunteers, invaded Canada.
1S32-President Jackson vetoed bill to
| recharter United States Bank.
| 1S57-Evacuation of Crimea by the al
| lies.
| 1S61-Confederates victorious at battle
! of Rich Mountain, Va. Payment
| of foreign debt suspended by Mexico.
1S62-Gen. H. w. Halleck made COM
mander-in-chief of the United States
! army.
1S63-United States ship Wyoming de-
| feated japanese in naval battle at
| Shimonoseki. :. &. Mexican empire pro-
| claimed Macmillan as emperor.
| Draft riots in New York.
1864-Gen. Hood superseded Gen. John
| ston in command of Confederate
forces.
1S66-Freedmen's Bureau bill vetoed by
President johnson.
1S7O-Congress granted pension of $4,000
per annum to- Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
1S72-voting by ballot became law.
1S73-Don Carlos entered Spain and as
sumed command of his partisans.
i874-Attempted assassination of Prince
Bismarck at Kissengen.
S7S-Creation of Bulgaria by the treaty
of Berlin.
S2-British bombarded Alexandria,
Egypt.
1SS3-Henry NJ Stanley discovered Lake
| Mantunba in Central Africa.
1S84-Survivors of Greedy expedition
reached St. Johns, Newfoundland.
1S8rArrival in Chicago of first carload
of fruit shipped from Oregon.
1SS6-Gov. West of Iowa issued proc
| lamation against the Mormons.
1S87-Cyclone nearly destroyed town OF
Waupaca, Wis.
1SSS-Brakemen on c., B. & @. railroad
went ON strike.
| 1890 president approved act for admis-
sion of Wyoming to statehood.
| Many persons killed by tornado at
Lake Pepin, MINI.
1S91-George Francis Train completed
| circuit of the world in sixty-two
DAYS. Niagara Falls crossed on q
wire cable by D. ]. Dixon. Man
chester ship canal opened.
1893 Score Of lives lost in cold storage
| fire at Chicago worlds fair.
lS94HHundreds killed by earthquake
| at Constantinople President Cleve-
/. land signed act admitting Utah to
statehood.
1S97-Andree balloon expedition to
north pole started from Tromsoe.
1S0S-Gen. Miles landed in Cuba. -. Sur
render of Santiago by Gen. Toral.
19O2-Explosion of 6re-damp in mine
near Jamestown, Pa; more than 115
killed. Celebrated Campanile, or
| bell tower, of Venice fell.
19O3-Cuban Senate ratified treaty grant
ing United States naval and coaling
stations.
1904 Kruger, Boer leader, died In
Switzerland.
| 1905 -Franco-G German agreement over
Morocco was announced. .Peary
sailed from New York in north pole
| expedition.
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