Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-18

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1137-Forces led by Saladin took pos
session of Jerusalem.
1240-Original St. Pauls cathedral in
London dedicated.
1394-Richard II. landed in Ireland with
large force.
141o-Henry VI. of England released
from the Tower and again proclaim
ed King.
1o52-Clty of Kazan capitulated to Ivan
". Car of Russia.
Publication of the first edition Of
the whole Bible in the English Ian.
guage.
1573-Spaniards abandoned the historic
siege of Leyden.
1594-Scotch defeated the English forces
at battle of Glenlivet.
1664-Dutch and Swedish colonies on
Delaware Bay surrendered to the
English.
Springfield, Mass, attacked by the
Indians.
1690-British force under Sir Williams
Phipps arrived before Quebec and de.
manded surrender of the French
Fleet dispersed by storm and expedi-
ton failed.
1691-War between the English and
Irish ended by the fall of Limerick.
1693-French defeated the allies under
Victor Amadeus of Savoy.
1710-Conquest of Port Royal completed
by British and colonial forces under
Col. Nicholson.
1T46-French East Indian squadron de-
stroyed at Madras by hurricane.
1762-British stormed and took Manila,
capital of Philippines.
1777-British defeated Americans at bat
tie of Germantown.
17S0-Women marched on Versailles.
17S9-Henry Laurens committed to the
Tower of London for high treason.
1794-British surrendered Guadalupe to
the French.
1795-Count Allessandrodi Cagliostro,
whom Carlyle described as the most
perfect scoundrel in the worlds his.
tory, died.
1SO0-Treaty of Ildefonso, by which
Spain coded Louisiana to France.
1S04-War declared between Russia and
Persia. England prepared to resist
invasion by Napoleon's army.
1811-First newspaper issued in Buffalo,
N. Y.
1912 british attacked Ogdensburgh, N.
Y, and were repulsed
1S13-Battle of the Thames in Canada
French defeated by Prussians at
Wartenburg.
1S20-Henri Christophe, ruler Of Hayti,
shot.
1S29-First Sunday school in Texas es-
tabIished at San Felipe.
1S32-Otho of Bavaria proclaimed king
of Greece.
fs41-Santa Ana entered City of Mexico
and established himself at the head
of the government.
1S42-United States sloop of war Con
cord lost on rocks in Mozambique
channel.
1S4S-Hungarian diet dissolved by EN-
peror of Austria. d. D.. Instruction
forced Austrian Emperor to flee from
Vienna.
tS49-Hudson River railroad opened TO
Peekskill.
1S51-Hudson River railroad opened
from New York to Albany.
1S53-The Great Republic, largest mer-
chant vessel in the world, launched
at Boston.
1S54-Steamer Yankee Blade, from San
Francisco to Panama, wrecked; ID
persisted. Academy of Music, New
York, formally opened.
1S61-Confederat evacuated Lexington,
Mo. Steamer Monticello shelled
the Confederates at ChicamacomicO.
1S62-Battle of Perryyille, Ky. Con
federates defeated at battle of Co
rinth, Miss. Confederate troops at
tackled Murfreesboro, Tenn.
1864 Cyclone and tidal wave struck
Calcutta, India; 10000 lives lost.
fS66-Disastrous cyclone in the BAHIA
mas many ships lost.
1S67-Whisky riot in Philadelphia.
1S71-Fenian raid; capture Of Canadian
custom house. :. Brigham Young ar
rested by the United States marshal
for Mormon proclivities. .. The great
fire by which Chicago was desolated
started at 10 O'Clock at night -.
Mayor Wells of Salt Lake City ar
rested by United States authorities
for practicing Mormonism.
1878 Waterloo and Charing Cross
bridges, in London, freed from toll.
18S1-Thousands of lives lost by typhoon
at Haifeng, China.
Mckinley tariff act went into eff
feet.
1894-Great loss of property resulted
from cyclone in Little Rock, Ark
1S9S-American and Spanish peace com
missioners met in Paris.
1903-The Ancient and Honorable ArtiI
lery company of London visited the
Honorables Of Boston, Mass.
1904-Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. de-
signer Of Statue of Liberty, died..
Triennial general convention of Prot
estant Episcopal church met in Bos-
ton. Thirteenth international peace
conference opened at Boston.
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