The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-06-21

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1O99--Siege of Jerusalem begun by the
Crusaders.
1465-H Henry w., King of CASTLE, de-
posed.
14S1-Execution of consp'rators to assas-
sinate Lorenzo di Medici.
15GS--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.
16G0--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.
1776-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.
17S3-First balloon ascension made with
heated air at Annonay, France.
1906 -Luxemburg surrendered TO the
French.
179S-Malta taken by Napoleon. /. Unit
ed Irishmen repulssd at New Ross
with great loss.
1SO6--Great Britain declared war
against Prussia.
1908 Joseph Bonapar.s made King Of
Spain.
1811-venezuela proclaimed her inde-
reHaeaee.
1SI5-Germanic confederation constitut-
ed by treaty of Vienna.
1S21--Provisiona government establish
ed in Greece.
1S33-Black Hawk and companions re-
leased.
1S4O-Accession Of Frederick William
Nv. Of Prussia.
1S44-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.
1S62--Memphis, Tenn, taken by the
Federals. =. u. s. Congress recognix-
ed independence Of Hayti and Ii.
IBERIA.
lS64-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 Trevilhan Sta
tion, Va.
1s65-Galveston taken by the Federals;
last port to surrender.
1866 Proclamation by President John
son against invasion of Canada by
Fenians.
1S67-Francis Joseph OF Austria
crowned King of Hungary.
1869 Col. Crane, U. 8. A., killed by
Col. Yerker 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.
1878 -Colliery explosion in Lancashire,
England; 240 persons killed.
1SSO-Mount vesuvius railway formal
Iy opened. Steamboats, Narragan-
sett and Stonington collided in Long
Island sound; thirty lost.
1SS1-Eighteen hundred buildings burn.
ed in city of Quebec.
S4-Samuel j. Tilden declined nominal
tion for President.
1SS6-Home Rule bill defeated in Parlia-
ment.
1888 Great FIRE at Hull, Ontario; $500
rendered homeless.
1880 Great fire in Seattle, Wash.
1891--Corner stone of new city hall at
st. Louis laid.
1S92-I,ob Ford, murderer Of Jesse
James, shot at Creede, Colo.
ls94-U.. s. Senate passed Sugar Truse
bill. President Gonzales of Paraq
quay deposed and ban'shed. Mula9
Abdul proclaimed Sultan Of Morocco.
lS97-President visited Nashville Gem
tennial exposition.
19O5-Dissolution Of union of Sweden
and Norway proclaimed BY Norwe5
gian Parliament. Russia and
Japan agreed to peace parley, and
the President selected Fsftsnouths