Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-23

mouth OF the lilo Janelro river.
1515-Louis MI. of France died.
1521-Martin Luther communicated.
'523-Knights of Malta driven from
the Island of Rhodes by the
Turks.
1540-Henry VIII. married to Anne,
daughter of Duke of Cleves.
15S9-Catherine De Medici died.
1604-Jesuits reinstated in France.
1649-Anne of Austria, Queen Regent
of France, fled from Paris to st.
German.
1651-Charles II. crowned King of Scot
land.
1661-First appearance of women actors
said to have been made at Lin
coin Inn Fields theater, London.
1695-Marshal Luxembourg died.
169S-Whitehall Palace London, de-
stroyed by fire.
1I17-Triple alliance formed by Eng
land, France and Holland.
1724-Philip V. of Spain abdicated in
favor of his con.
1725-Pope Benedict XIII. opened the
Holy Gates.
1I29-Many persons killed or injured as
a result of great fog enyeloping
London.
1T35-Paul Revere born.
1737-John Hancock born.
1T40-Benedict Arnold born.
1745-Gen. Anthony Wayne born.
1T57-Attempt made to assassinate
Louis XIV. of France.
I75T-Calcutta retaken by the English.
1T62-England declared war against
Spain.
1T76-Union flag raised at Cambridge,
Mass.
tT1T-Battle between American and
British forces at Princeton, n. j.
17S1-French invaded island of Jersey
and met with defeat.
17S4-Treaty between United States and
Great Britain signed
17S7-Arthur Middleton, one of the sign
ers of the Declaration of INDIE
pendence, died
17SS-Georgia ratified the constitution
of the United States.
1793-State canal of Pennsylvania be-
gun. Alien bill passed in Eng
land. e. Third partition of Poland
arranged between Russia, Austria
and Prussia.
1795-Josiah Wedgewood, inventor Of
WedgewOod ware, died.
179S-American Congress- made gift of
$12,S00 to KoSciuSko, the Polish
patriot who aided in the American
revolution.
1901-Union of Great Britain and Ire
land.
1S04-1nsurrection of Irish convicts in
New South Wales.
1S06-Breslau surrendered to the French.
1S14-Dantzic surrendered to Duke of
Wustemberg.
1S22-Declaration of independence by
the Greeks.
aS25-Ferdinand ~, King of Naples,
died.
1S2S-Fall of the Villele ministry in
France.
1S29-Protests received at Washington
against dispatch or delivery Of
mails on the Sabbath. 80. Forty
killed in a mine explosion at
Lyons, France.
1S30-Methodism first introduced in
Germany.
1S35-First newspaper issued in Buffalo,
N. Y. Charles Lamb died.
1S42-English began retreat from Cabul.
1S43-Steven f. Mason, Ex-Governor of
Michigan, died.
1S4S-Girard College, Philadelphia,
opened. Instruction at Mes
sina, Sicily.
1S49-DiscOvery Of the magnetic clock
by DIR. Locke of Ohio
1S53-Gen. Aristas resigned and Ceval-
los chosen president of Mexico. -.
Spain enacted stringent law
against liberty of the press.
1S54-French and English fleets enter
the Black sea on their way to the
Crimea.
1S55-Victoria Bridge across st. Law
renee river carried away by ice.
of the Archbishop
of Paris (Sibous).
1S63-State of West Virginia admitted
to the Union.
1S75-Trial of the Beecher-Tilton case
begun. >. .Garibaldi refused pen
sion from Italy on account of ma
tons low finances.
1S85-Earthquake shocks felt in Mary
land, Virginia and New Hamp-
shire. .... Archbishop Ryan Of
Philadelphia invested with tire
pallium.
1891-Emma Abbott, famous opera
singer, died. . Settlement of from
tier dispute between Persia and
Afghanistan.
Northern extension to the Pacific
coast.
1S95-Million dollar fire at Toronto, Ont.
-. Many lives lost in great storm
on English coast. Mrs. Mary T.
Lathrop, w. g. T. U. leader, died.
1S98-John D. Rockefeller donated
100000 to University of Chicago.
1899-FOrmal delivery of Cuba to the
United States.
Leonard Wood released forty
prisoners unjustly detained in Gu
ban jails. . British steamer Glas-
gov sunk in collision in Dover
Straits.
1901-Philip D.. Armour, Chicago mill
ionaire, died.
1904-Confederate Cen. Longstreet died.
The steamer Queen CITY. from the