Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

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1099-Siege of Jerusalem begun BY the
Crusaders.
1465-Henry w., King Of CASTLE, ie-
posed.
14S1-Execution OF consp;ratc-s to assas-
sinate Lorenzo di Medici.
156S-Count d'Egmont and Count Horn
beheaded at Brussels.
162S-Petition of Right passed.
1645-Christina voluntarily abdicated
throne of Sweden
1654-Louis XIV. crowned King OF
France.
66o-Marriage of Louis XIV. with the
Infanta.
16S9-Coronation of William III. and
Mary III. of England
1742-Peace of Breslau.
1765-James Otis proposed an American
Congress in Massachusetts Assembly.
Richard Henry Lee offered his
famous resolution in the Continental
Congress declaring The colonies free
and Independent; seconded by John
Adams. Committee appointed by
Continental Congress to draw up
Declaration of Independence.
I7S5-First balloon ascension made with
heated air at Annonay, France.
-Luxemburg surrendered to the
French.
179S-AIalta taken by Napoleon. :. Unit
ed Irishmen repulsed at New Ross
with great loss
1SO6-Great Britain declared war
against Prussia.
1SOS-Joseph Bonaparte made King of
Spain.
1s11-yenezuela proclaimed her indie
pendence.
1S15-Germanic confederation constitut-
ed by treaty of Vienna.
1S21-Provisiona government establish
ed in Greece.
1S33-Black Hawk and companions re-
leased.
1S40-Accession of Frederick William
". of Prussia.
1874 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.
American (Know Nothing) council
met at Philadelphia.
1S57-Mutiny at Gawnpore, India.
1862 Memphis, Tenn, taken by the
Federals. u. S. Congress recogniz-
ed independence of Hayti and Lii
IBERIA.
1S64-Gen. John G. Fremont accepted
presidential nomination and resigned
from army. 9. . 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.
6-Proclamation by President John
son against invasion of Canada by
Feniaps.
1S67-Francis Joseph OF Austria
crowned King of Hungary.
1S69--Col. Crane, q. 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; $40 persons killed.
1SS0-NIount Vesuvius railway formal
ly opened. STEAMBOATS, Ndrragan-
sett and Stonington collded in Long
Island sound; thirty lost.
1SS1-Eighteen hundred buildings burn
ed in city of Quebec.
1SS4-Samuel J. Tilden declined nominal
ton for President.
1SS6-Home Rule bill defeated in Parlia-
ment.
1SSS-Great fire at Hull, Ontario; $500
rendered homeless.
1SS9-Great fire in Seattle, Wash.
1S91-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 Gonzalez Of Para
quay deposed and ban'shed. :. Mulai
Abdul proclaimed Sultan of Morocco.
1S97-President visited Nashville Cen
tennial exposition.
19O5-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,
n. H., as the place Of meeting.