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1655-John Philpot, Archdeacon of
Westminster, convicted of heresy
and burned.
40o2-The Gregorian calendar adopted
at Paris. emitting 10 days.
l642-New Zealand discovered by Tas-
man.
Christina assumed government Of
Sweden.
l64S-Oliver Cromwell ordered all stage
plays stopped in England.
l6OS-Oliver Cromwell declared lord
protector Of England.
1663-Isaac Walton, author Of the
Complete Angler" died.
174o-Dresden surrendered to Frederick
II. Of Prussia.
1754-Mahomet V. of Turkey died.
1764 T. H. Perkins, owner of the first
railroad in the United States,
born.
177oBeethoven, the great musician,
born.
1774-North Carolina adopted a consti-
tuition.
1776-American Congress first deter
mined to build a navy.
l17t-General Howe ordered the meet
ing houses in Boston torn down
and used for fire wood.
1776- Congress adjourned from Phila-
delphia to Baltimore.
1852 The British troops evacuated
Charleston, s. G.
1787-New Jersey and Pennsylvania
ratified the Constitution of the
United States.
1796-General Anthony Wayne died.
1799-General George Washington died.
1904 British Consul in Honduras for
bid mahogany to be exported on
American vessels. Spain de-
clared war against Great Britain.
1909 Divorce of Empress Josephine.
1810-Lucien Bonaparte and family
place themselves under protection
of England.
1S16-First savings bank in the United
States opened in Boston.
1920 Outbreak of Civil War in Chill.
1832ITreaty of navigation and COM
merce concluded between United
- States and Russia.
1836-Patent Office and postofice at
Washington, D. c., burned.
1893 Chartists meetings declared lille
gal in England.
184O-Remains Of Bonaparte, removed
from Cherbourg to Paris.
1S48-Postel convention concluded be-
tween Great Britain and United
States. !. Destruction of the Park
Theater, New York City, by fire.
185O-Many killed and injured in the
explosion Of the steamboat Anglo
Norman at New Orleans.
1s64-St Lawrence River opened ia
American vessels. Seventeen
lives lost in, sinking of steamer
Westmoreland in Lake Michigan
1S61-Prince Albert, husband of Queen
Victoria, died.
1S62-Fredericksburg, Va, captured.
| 1864-Fort McAllister captured by Un.
ion forces.
1865-Thirteenth Amendment to U. s.
Constitution proclaimed.
1871-Alabama arbitration commission
meets at Geneva. =. William M
Tweed, the Tammany Boss" re.
arrested.
| 1874-Edwin Booth made his first ap
pearance on the stage following
his retirement after the assassina.
ton Of President Lincoln.
1884-World's Fair opened in New Or.
leans. ). Attempt made to blow
London Bridge up with dynamite
18o1-yiolent earthquake in Sicily.
United States concludes arrange
ments for reciprocity with Japan
1eo4-Great loss of life in volcanic
eruption in the New Hebrides. :.
Eugene v. Debs sentenced to jail
for contempt Of court.
18o6-Samuel Gompers elected president
Of the American Federation 81
Labor.
1807-Attorney-Ge General McKenna ap-
| pointed justice Of the United
States Supreme Court.
1QO1-Philippine tariff bill passed
House Of Representatives. 5.
Is Marconi signalled across the At
lantic by means of wireless teleg-
raphy.
1ana-The Cuban reciprocity bill BE-
comes q law. w. ]. Buchanan
appointed United States minister
to the republic Of Panama.
1ool- Three killed in explosion on Unit
Cd States battleship Massachu-
setts. 3. .Ex-Mayor Ames Of Min
| neapolis, charged with mafeas-
ance in ONCE, set free after dis
agreement Of the jury at his third
trial.
This and That.
This being in love takes up more
t,me than an aching tooth.
when man Is with crowd Of
~,rIs he win do q lot Of fool things.