The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-07-14

1O99-Siege of Jerusalem begun by the
Crusaders.
1465-Henry w., King of CASTLE, de-
posed.
1481-Execution of consp traitors to assas-
sinate Lorenzo di Medici.
156S-Count d'Egmont end Count Horn
beheaded at Brussels.
1629-Petition of Right passed.
1645-Christina voluntarily abdicated
throne of Sweden.
1654-Louis XIV. crowned King Of
France.
Marriage of Louis XIV. with the
Infanta.
INSTRUMENTATION of William III. and
Mary II. of England.
1742-Peace of Breslau.
1765-James Otis prop ,se1 all American
Congress in Massachusetts Assembly.
1776-Richard Henry Lee offered his
famous resolution 10 the Continental
Congress declaring he colonies free
and independent; seconded by John
AudlllSs dppOlhlCu Oy
Continental Congress TO draw up
Declaration of Independence.
17S3-First balloon ascension made with
heated air at Anno1ay, France.
surrendered to the
French.
179S-Malta taken by Napoleon. -. Unit
ed Irishmen repulSad at New Ross
with great loss.
1S06-Great Britain declared war
against Prussia.
1SOS-Joseph Bonaparta made King OF
Spain.
1S11-venezuela proclaimed her indie
pendence.
1S15-Germanic confederation constitute
ed by treaty of Vienna.
1S21-Provisiona COVE .nment establish
ed in Greece.
1S33-Black Hawk and companions re-
leased.
1870 Accession of Frederick William
". of Prussia.
1914 Treaty for ANNEXATION of Texas
rejected by United States Senate.
1S51-Vigilance committee organized in
San Francisco.
1S54-Treaty of Washington signed.
1S55-Capture of Mamelon earthworks
at Sebastopol, by the French. go.
American know Nothing) council
met at Philadelphia.
1S57-Mutiny at Gawnpore, India.
Memphis, Tenn, taken by the
Federals. u. S. Congress recognize,
ed independence of Hayti and Lii
IBERIA.
1S64-Gen. John G. Fremont accepted
presidential nomination and resigned
from army. Morgan, with 5000
men, commenced his daring raid
through Kentucky. Lee repulsed
Federals at battle of Trevillian Sta
ton, Va.
1S65-Galveston taken by the Federals
last port to surrender.
son against invasion of Canada by
Fenians.
1S67-Francis Joseph OF Austria
crowned King of Hungary.
1S69-Col. Crane, U. S. A, killed by
Col. Yorker at Jackson, Miss.
1S7O-Great fire of Constantinople.
1S71-Battle between United States
squadron under Admiral Rodgers and
the Koreans.
1S77-Business portion of Galveston,
Texas, destroyed by fire.
1S7S-Colliery explosion in Lancashire,
England; 24O persons killed.
1SSO-Mount Vesuvius railway formal
ly opened. Steamboats, Narragan-
sett and Stonington collided in Long
Island sound thirty lost
1SS1-Eighteen hundred buildings burn
ed in city of Quebec.
1SS4-Samuel ]. Tilden declined nomina-
ton for President
1SS6-Home Rule bill defeated in Parlia-
ment.
18SS-Great fire at Hull, Ontario; $500
rendered homeless.
1sS9-Great fire in Seattle, Wash.
1891-Corner stone of new city hall at
st. Louis laid.
1S92-Bob Ford, murderer of Jesse
James, shot at Creede, Colo.
1S94-U. S. Senate passed Sugar Trust
bill. President Gonzales of Para
quay deposed and 5an'shed. >. Mulai
Abdul proclaimed Sultan of Morocco.
1S97-President visited Nashville Cen
tennial exposition.
Dissolution of union Of Sweden
and Norway proclaimed by Norwe-
gian Parliament. -. Russia and
Japan agreed to a peace parley, and
the President selected Portsmouth.