The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

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1135-Stephen crowned King of Eng
LAID.
1492-Columbus cast anchor in the Bay
of st. Thomas.
1549-reath of Margaret, Queen of
Navarro
1552-Charles V. raised siege of Metz.
1560-First General Assembly of the
Scottish church opened.
1562-Battle of Dreux Condo taken
prisoner.
160S-Mahomet Ill. Sultan of Turkey,
died of the plague.
1620-The Mayfower landed at Ply
mouth Rock.
1621-The English Commons claimed
freedom of discussion.
1632-John Cotton, first minister of Bos-
ton, died.
t667-Many Scotch Covenanters were
executed.
16SS-King James III. of England fled
to France. Throne declared abb
dicated.
1719-First issue of Boston Gazette pub
lished by William BROKER.
1745-City of Milan entered by Spanish
invaders
1I47-Colonial House and records in
Boston destroyed by fire.
1775-British Parliament ordered confis-
cation of all American vessels.
1776-Washington crossed the Delaware.
1777-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.
1195-Henry Clinton died.
1796-French surrender Fort Kehl on
the Rhine to the Austrians.
1S03-Louisiana taken possession of by
United States.
1S04-Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Bea-
consfield, born. -. . Election of
Thomas jefferson as President
of the United States.
1S05-Joseph Smith, founder of Nor
monism, born at Sharon, Va.
1SO9-Joseph Johnson, publisher of
Cowper's poems, died
1S11-Many persons persisted in the
hnrninD 1f
mond, Va.
1S13-Fort Niagara captured by the
British.
1S16-Bible societies prohibited in Hun
gary.
1S29-Wife of Gen. Andrew Jackson
died.
1S30-Prince of Polignac sentenced for
life for treason. f. Independence
of Belgium recognized by the al
lied powers.
1S31-Stephen Girard. Philadelphia phi
lanthropist, died.
1S32-Termination of civil war in Mex
leo.
1S35-Independence of Texas pro-
claimed.
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.
INSTRUMENTATION of Pegn to British
India.
iS5f-Armed collisions in eastern Kan
sas over slavery question.
1S60-South Carolina seeded from the
Union.
1S61-Principality Of Roumania created
by union of Moldavia and Walla-
CHA.
1S64-Savannah occupied by Gen. Sher-
man.
187O-Tours surrendered to the Ger.
mans.
1S74-Hoosac Tunnel turned over to
Massachusetts by the builders.
1SS4-Mackay-Benne cable opened to
the public.
1891-Jorge Mont inaugurated Presi-
dent of Chill.
1S94-War between China and Japan
declared ended. Capt. Dreyfus
found guilty and sentenced to
Devils Island
189S-French Chamber of Deputies by
vote again sustained government
in Dreyfus case.
1S99-Cuban Junta in the United States
dissolved. :. Dwight l.. Moody,
noted evangelist, died. :. Duke of
Westminster, richest man in
England, died. ;. Buchtel College,
Akron, Ohio, burned.
19OO-Treaty between Mexico and China
signed at Washington, d. G..
Gen. Wood assumed Office as Gov
ernor General of Cuba.
19O1-William Ellery Charming died.
1902-First wireless telegraphic mes
sage transmitted across the At
lantic.
l9O3-East river bridge, connecting Man.
haitian and Williamsburg, opened.
The Jersey City Board of Education
has been compelled to modify its rule
against the employment as teachers Of
women who have husbands living, and
they are now to be permitted to act as
substitutes. This action was made nee
essary by the scarcity of teachers. The