Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02


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1555-John Philpot, Archdeacon of
Westminster, convicted of heresy
and burned.
15S2-The Gregorian calendar adopted
at Paris, emitting 10 days.
1642-New Zealand discovered by Tas-
man.
1914 Christina assumed government of
eden.
164S-C AVER Cromwell ordered all stage
plays stopped in England.
1653-Oliver Cromwell declared lord
protector of England.
16S3-Isaac Walton, author of the
Complete Angler" died.
1745-Dresden surrendered to Frederick
ii. of Prussia.
1754-Mahomet V. of Turkey died
1764-T. II. Perkins, owner of the first
railroad in the United States,
born.
1770-Beethoven the great musician.
born.
1774-North Carolina adopted consti-
ton.
1I75-AL erican Congress first deter
mined to build a navy.
1T75-General Howe ordered the meet
ing houses in Boston torn down
and used for fire wood.
Congress adjourned from Phila-
delphia to Baltimore.
17S2-The British troops evacuated
Charleston, S. c.
17S7-New Jersey and Pennsylvania
ratified the Constitution of the
United States.
1796-General Anthony Wayne died.
1799-General George Washington died.
1S04-British Consul in Honduras for
bid mahogany to be exported on
American vessels. e. Spain de-
clared war against Great Britain.
1S09-Divorce of Empress Josephine.
1S10-I.ucien Bonaparte and family
place themselves under protection
of England
1S16-First savings bank in the United
States opened in Boston.
1S29-Outbreak of Civil War in Chill.
1S32-Treaty of navigation and COM
merce concluded between United
States and Russia.
1S36-Patent office and postofice at
Washington, d. c., burned.
1S3S-Chartists meetings declared lille
gal in England.
1S40-Remains Of Bonaparte, removed
from Cherbourg TO Paris.
1S4S-Postal convention concluded be-
tween Great Britain and United
States. Destruction of the Park
Theater, New York City, by FIRE.
1S50-Many killed and injured in the
explosion of the steamboat Anglo
Norman at New Orleans.
1S54-St. Lawrence River opened to
American vessels. =. Seventeen
lives lost in sinking of steamer
Westmoreland in Lake Michigan.
1S61-Prince Albert, husband of Queen
Victoria, died.
fredericksburg, Va, captured.
1S64-Fort McAllister captured by I'm
ion forces.
1S65-Thirteenth Amendment to U. S.
Constitution proclaimed
1871-Alabama arbitration commission
meets at Geneva. E. William NJ
Tweed, the Tammany Boss" re-
arrested.
1874-Edwin Booth made his first APP
pearance on the stage following
his retirement after the assassina-
ton of President Lincoln.
1SS4-World's Fair opened in New Or
leans. Attempt made to blow
London Bridge up with dynamite.
1S91-ViOlent earthquake in Sicily.
United States concludes arrange
ments for reciprocity with Japan.
1S94-Great loss of life in a volcanic
eruption in the New Hebrides.
Eugene V. Debs sentenced to Jail
for contempt of court.
1S95-Samuel Gompers elected president
of the American Federation of
Labor.
1S97-Attorney-General McKenna APP
pointed justice of the United
States Supreme Court.
1899-Major General Wood made mill
tary governor of Cuba. . General
Henry w. Lawton, L. S. A., kill
ed in the Philippines
1901-Philippine tariff bill passed
House of Representatives. 80.
Marconi signalled across the At
lantic by means of wireless teleg-
raphy.
19O3-The Cuban reciprocity bill be-
comes a law....W. ]. Buchanan
appointed United States minister
to the republic of Panama.
19O4-Three killed in explosion on Unit
ed States battleship Massachu-
sets. . Ex-MayOr Ames of Min
neapolis. charged with malfeas-
ance in office, set free after q dis
agreement of the jury at his third