Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

ll92-Conrad de Monferrat assassinated.
1296-Edward 1. of England defeated the
Scots at battle of Dunbar.
1379-A poll tax imposed by English
Parliament.
147S-Julian De Medici assassinated.
1o36-Eruption of Mt Aetna. Church
OF st. Leon destroyed
1552-COuncil of Trent prorogued for
two years, but did not meet till 1862.
1557-The inquisition established in
France.
1607-Christopher Newport and 100 9TH
ers entered Chesapeake Bay to es-
tablish first English colony in that
section.
1610-Patent for Newfoundland granted
to the Earl of Northampton.
1665-Plague broke out at st. Giles,
London.
1661-Milton disposed of the copyright
of Paradise Lost" for $50.
1G94-Bank of England incorporated.
1T15-Allance against Sweden by Rus
sia Prussia, Denmark and Saxony.
1741-Cartagena attacked by Admiral
Vernon.
1744-Louis XIV or France declared war
against Queen of Hungary.
1762-The Irish Jewelers. suppressed by
Lord Halifax.
1772-Count Struensee executed in
Copenhagen.
1777-Danbury, Conn. destroyed by the
British
17S1-Battle of Petersburg. Va.
1888 Maryland ratified Federal consti-
tuition.
1792-First execution by guillotine,
1793-French defeated Austrians at bat
tie of Duren.
1I9S-Annexation of Geneva to France.
1799-French ministers assassinated by
Austrian regiments at Radstadt.
1912 Baltimore privateer Surprise cap
tured.
1S2S-Russia declared war against Tur-
key.
1S30-City of Guatemala nearly de-
Stroyed Dy an earthquake.
1831-Imprisonm for debt abolished
in New York.
1S36-St. Jean de Arc, Palestine, surren-
dered to the Egyptians.
1S3S-Steamer Moselle burned near Gin
cinnati, Ohio; 131 lives lost.
1S4O-Battle of Fort King.
1S47-Ship Exmouth lost in Atlantic;
go persons persisted.
1S4S-Abolition of slavery in the French
dominions decreed.
9-Insurrection at Montreal.
1S50-Greek government submitted to
English demands.
1S54-Slaves of Venezuela became free
men by act of emancipation.
1S55-Giovanni Pianori attempted to
shoot Louis Napoleon.
1856-Crimean war terminated by rati.
fcation of treaty of peace.
4859-Victor Emmanuel declared var
against Austria. Ship Pomona
foundered on Irish coast; $50 lives
lost.
1S64-U. S. government accepted services
of e-hundred-day men, and appro-
priated $20,000,000 for their pay.
ment.
1S6J-Gen. Johnson surrendered.
1S71-U. S. Supreme Court decided gen.
eral government could not tax sal.
aries of State officers.
1872 q. S. warship Kansas released
American steamship Virginius from
blockade by Spanish men-of-war in
port Of Aspinwall.
1e!3-Attempted instruction and proc
lamation of Commune in Madrid.
1S75-Prince of Wales installed as
Grand Master of Masonic order in
England.
1SS1-Scatue of Admiral Farragut un.
yelled at Washington, d. G.
ESTABLISHMENTS tornado in KiIoen,
Texas.
1SS7-Battle between Arabs and Egyp-
tians at Sarrass 240 killed.
lS91-Imposing funeral of Gen. Won
Moltke in Berlin.
1893 Suspension of London Chartered
bank of Australia for $5,000O00.
Great international nava! review al
New York. Many persons killed
by tornado in Oklahoma.
94-Earthquake destroyed six cities
in Venezuela.
lS98-Matanzas, Cuba, bombarded by
Admiral SIMPSONS squadron Of
United States warships. u. s.
Congress passed an act for increase
of the regular army.