The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-01-03


1555-John Philpot, Archdeacon Of
Westminster, convicted of heresy
and burned.
i5S2-The Gregol'an calendar adopted
at Paris, oml-cing 10 days.
1642-New Zealand discovered by Tas-
man.
1644-Chrstina assumed government Of
Sweden.
164S-Oliver Cromwell ordered all stage
plays stopped in England.
1G53--Oliver Cromwell declared lord
protector of England.
16S3--Isaac Walton, author O. ne
Complete Angler" died.
f745-Dresden surrendered to Frederick
III. of Prussia.
1754-Mahomet V. of Turkey died.
1764-T. III. Perkins, owner of the first
railroad in the United States,
born.
1770-Beethoven the great musician,
born.
1774-North Carolina adopted consti
tuition.
1775-American Congress first deter
mined to build a navy.
1775-General Howe ordered the meet
ing houses in Boston torn down
and used for fire wood.
1776-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. Spain de-
clared war against Great Britain.
1S09-Divorce of Empress Josephine.
1S10-Lucien Bonaparte and family
place themselves under protection
of England.
1816-First savings bank in the United
States opened in Boston.
1S29-Outbreak of Civil War in Chilli
1S32-Treaty of navigation and com
merce concluded between United
States and RUSSIA.
IS36-Patent office and postoffice at
Washington, ID. 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.
1S5O-Many killed and injured in the
explosion of the steamboat Anglo
Norman at New Orleans.
1854-St Lawrence River opened to
American vessels. ;. Seventeen
lives lost in sinking Of steamer
Westmoreland in Lake Michigan.
1S61-Prnce Albert, husband Of Queen
Victoria, died.
1S62-Fredericksb Va, captured.
1S64-Fort McAllister captured by I'm
ion forces.
1S65-Thirteenth Amendment to u. s.
Constitution proclaimed.
1S71-Alabama arbitration commission
meets at Geneva. William M.
Tweed, the Tammany "Boss," re-
arrested.
1S74-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.
lS91-Violent earthquake in Sicily. -.
United States concludes arrange
ments for reciprocity with Japan.
| lS94-Great loss of life in a volcanic
eruption in the New Hebrides. -.
Eugene V. Debs sentenced to jail
for contempt Of court.
| iS95-Samuel Gompers elected president
of the American Federation Of
Labor.
lS97-Attorney- General McKenna APP
pointed justice of the United
States Supreme Court.
| IS99-Major General Wood made mill
| tary governor of Cuba. !. General
| Henry w. Lawton, u. s. A., kill
ed in the Philippines.
| i901-Philippine tariff bill passed
House Of Representatives.
Marconi signalled across the At
iantic by means of wireless teleg-
raphy.
Goethe Cuban reciprocity bill be-
comes a law. Nv. j. Buchanan
appointed United States ministe.
l to the republic of Panama.