The new age., 1906-01-27
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ll0o- Stephen crowned King of Eng
land.
l49Z-Columbus cast anchor in the Bay
Of st. Thomas.
lo49-Death of Margaret, Queen Of
Navarro.
loo2-Charles V. raised siege of Metz.
lo6o-First General Assembly of the
Scottish church opened.
loo2-Battle of Dreux. Conde taken
prisoner.
l6O3-Mahomet Ill. Sultan of Turkey,
died of the plague.
lo2O-The Mayflower landed at Ply
mouth Rock.
1oZ1-The English Commons claimed
freedom of discussion.
l632-John Cotton, first minister of Bos-
ton, died.
1667-Many Scotch Covenanters were
executed.
l6SS-King James II. of England fed
to France. Throne declared alb
dicated.
l719-First issue of Boston Gazette pub
lished by William Brooker.
l745-City Of Milan entered by Spanish
invaders.
1747-Colonial House and records In
Boston destroyed by fire.
1775-British Parliament ordered confs-
cation Of all American vessels.
1776-Washington crossed the Delaware.
177-Gen. Washington moved his
troops to Valley Forge.
17S2-United States frigate Charleston
captured by British.
1783-Gen. Washington delivered his
commission to Congress at Annap-
oils.
1791-Bank of United States commenc-
ed discounting in Philadelphia.
1795-Henry Clinton died.
1796-French surrender Fort Kehl on
the Rhine to the Austrians.
1803-Louisiana taken possession of by
United States.
1S04-Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Bea-
consfeld, born -. Election OF
Thomas Jefferson as President
of the United States.
1S05-Joseph Smith, founder of Nor
moniSm, born at Sharon, Va.
1S09-Joseph Johnson, publisher OF
Cowper's poems, died.
1S11-Many persons perished in the
burning of a theater at Rich
mond, Va.
1S13-Fort Niagara captured by the
British.
1S16-Bible societies prohibited in Hun
1S29-Wife of Gen. Andrew Jackson
died.
1S30-Prince of Polignac sentenced for
life for treason. Independence
of Belgium recognized by the al
lied powers.
1S31-Stephen Girard. Philadelphia phi
lanthropist, died.
1892 Termination of civil war in Mex
leo.
5-Independence of Texas pro-
claimed.
1S41-Assassination of Sir W. Mac
Naughton at Cabul
1S42-Texas troops invade Mexico.
1S45-Steamer Bellozane sunk in the
Mississippi river.
1S4S-Asiatic cholera broke out among
United States troops in Texas
... Louis Napoleon made Presi-
dent of French republic.
1S51-Dismissal of Lord Palmerston
from office. Lagos, Africa, de-
stroyed by the British.
of Pegn to British
India.
1S54-Armed collisions in eastern Kan
sas over slavery question.
1S6O-South Carolina seeded from the
Union.
1961-Principality of Roumania created
by union of Moldavia and Walla-
CHA.
1S64-Savannah occupied by Gen. Sher-
man.
1S7O-Tours surrendered to the Ger
mans.
1S74-Hoosac Tunnel turned over to
Massachusetts by the builders.
1SS4-Mackay-B Bennett cable opened to
the public.
1S94-War between China and Japan
declared ended. Capt. Dreyfus
found guilty and sentenced to
Devils Island.
1S9S-French Chamber of Deputies by
vote again sustained government
in Dreyfus case.
1So9-Cuban Junta in the United States
dissolved. =. Dwight l.. Moody,
noted evangelist, died. Duke OF
Westminster. richest man in
England, died. b. Buchtel College
Akron, Ohio, burned.
1eO0-Treaty between Mexico and China
signed at Washington, D. Co..
Gen. Wood assumed Office as Gov
ernor General of Cuba.
I901-William Ellery Claiming died.
19O2-First wireless telegraphic mes
sage transmitted across the At
lantic.
19O3-East river bridge, connecting Man
haitian and Williamsburg opened
Thia and That.