Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

1192-Conrad de Monferrat asSassiaated.
1896 Edward l. of England defeated the
Scots at battle of Dunbar.
1S79-A poll tax imposed by English
Parliament.
147S-Julian De Medici assasSinated-
1886 Eruption of Mt Aetna. Church
of ST. Leon destroyed.
1552-Councn of Trent prorogued for
two years, but did not meet till 1862.
1557-The inOuisition established in
France.
1000 Christopher Newport and 100 9TH
ers entered Chesapeake Bay to es-
tablish first English colony in that
section.
161O-Patent for Newfoundland granted
to the Earl of Northampton.
1665-Plague broke out at st. Giles,
London.
1667-Miton disposed of the copyright
of Paradise Lost for $25.
1904 Bank of England Incorporated.
1715-Alliance against Sweden by Rus
STA, Prussia, Denmark and Saxony.
1741-Cartagena attacked by Admiral
Vernon.
1744-Louis XIV. or France declared war
against Queen of Hungary.
1862 -The Irish Jewelers. suppressed by
Lord Halifax.
1772-Count Struensee executed in
Copenhagen.
1T77-Danbury, Conn, destr oyed by the
British.
17S1-Battle of Petersburg. Va.
17SS-Maryland ratified Federal consti-
tuition.
1792-First execution by guillotne.
1793-French defeated Austrians at BAT
tie of Duren.
179S-Annexation of Geneva to France.
i799-French ministers assassnated by
Austrian regiments at Radstadt.
1S12-Baltimore privateer Surprise cap
tured.
1925 Russia declared war against Tur-
key.
1S30-City of Guatemala nearly de-
stroyed by an earthquake.
1S31-Imprisonment for debt abolished
in New York.
1S36-St. Jean de Arc, Palestine, surren-
dered to the Egyptians.
1S3S-Steamer Moselle burned near Gin
cinnati Ohio; 131 lives lost.
1S40-Battle of Fort King.
1S4T-Ship Exmouth lost in Atlantic;
go persons persisted.
1S4S-Abolition of slavery in the French
dominions decrecd
1S49-Insurrection at Montreal
1S50-Greek government submitted to
English demands.
1S54-Slaves of Venezuela became free.
men by act of emancipation.
1S55-Giovanni Pianor attempted to
shoot Louis Napoleon.
1S56-Crimean war terminated by rati.
fcation of treaty of peace.
1S59-Victor Emmanuel declared waI
against Austria. Ship Pomona
foundered on Irish coast; 800 lives
lost.
1S64-U. s. government accepted services
of ne-hundred-day men, and appG0
priated $20,000,O00 for their pay.
ment.
1S65-Gen. johnson surrendered.
1S71-U. s. Supreme Court decided gen.
eral government could not tax sal
aries of State officers.
1S72-U. S. warship Kansas released
American steamship Virginius from
blockade by Spanish men-of-war in
port of Aspinwall.
1873-Attempted instruction and proc
lamation of Commune in Madrid.
1S75-Prince of Wales installed as
Grand Master of Masonic order in
England.
1SS1-Statue of Admiral Farragut un-
yelled at Washington, d. C.
1SS6-Destructive tornado in Kiloen
Texas.
1SS7-Battle between Arabs and EgyT~
tians at Sarrass; 24o killed
Is91-Imposing funeral of Gen ven
Moltke in Berlin.
93-Suspension of London Chartered
bank Of Australia for $j,0O0,000. -.
Great international naval review az
New York Many persons killed
by tornado in Oklahoma.
1S94-Earthquake destroyed six cities
in Veneznela.
iS98-Matanzas Cuba, bombarded by
Admiral SIMPSONS squadron Of
United States warships. u. s.
Congress passed an act for increase
of the regular army.