The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-17

1ooS-John >. Durantl, nrSt president Oh
Parliament of Toulouse, killed.
1542-Catherine Howard, fifth wife Of
Henry VIII, beheaded.
1547-Edward VI, at the age of nine,
crowned King of England.
1554-Lady Jane Grey beheaded. FIT
ty-nine persons executed in London
for resisting the Spanish influence.
1566-David Rizzio murdered.
1658-Passage of Charles x. over the
great belt.
1667-Attack on Lancaster, Mass, by
Indians.
1674-New York surrendered by Dutch
to British. :. . House of Commons re-
solved against a standing army.
1689-English Parliament chose William
and Mary of Orange king and
queen.
16o6-Plot to assassinate William III.
discovered.
1733-First settlement in Georgia COM
menced by Gen. Ogiethorpe.
1776-Col. Gadsden presented Snake
Flag to American Congress for naval
use.
1778-Daniel Boone captured by French
and Indians. Escaped ten days later.
1791-Bank of United States incorpo-
rated.
1793-Salary of President of the United
States fixed at $4,000.
1797-Admiral Jarvis defeated Spanish
feet off Cape st. Vincent.
179s-Occupation of Rome by the
French.
1SO7-British House of Lords abolished
slave trade.
1S0S-Russia declared war against Swe-
den.
1S13-Abolition of the inquisitiOn by
the Spanish Cortes.
Massachusetts, prohibited impris-
onment for debt.
1S19-Bill introduced in Congress for
admission of Missouri.
1S31-Insurrection in Paris.
1S32-Cholera made it's appearance in
London.
1S33-Henry Clay introduced the COM
promise tariff measure in the Senate.
1S40-Marriage of Queen Victoria and
Albert of Saxe-Coburg.
1S44-London and Dover railroad open
ed.
1S47-U. S. Congress authorized addi-
tional regiments for regular army.
1S51-Gold discovered in Australia.
1856-President Pierce warned all per-
sons against unlawful combination
In Kansas.
1851 Confederate government formed
at Montgomery, Ala. Jefferson
Davis chosen President.
62-Elizabeth City, N. c., occupied by
Federal troops.
1865-Gen. Robert E. Lee appointed
commander-in-ch of Confederate
army.
1867-Congress admitted Nebraska to
statehood over Presidents veto.
George Peabody announced gift Of
$1,200000 for educational purposes
-. Outbreak of Fenians in South
Ireland.
on Red river; 63 lives lost Pas
sage by the U. S. Senate of fifteenth
amendment bill.
1872-Governor General of India assas-
sinated at Port Blair.
1873-Abdication of King Amadeus Of
Spa-4; a republic proclaimed.
1S74-Taylor's Pantechnicon burned In
London; loss $1,500,0O0.
1875-Great Broadway fire in New York
City.
1S77-Prof. Alexander Graham Bell ex-
hibited his telephone in Salem, Mass.
against the Sultan's protest.
1SS4-Ohio river rose to II feet at Gin
cinnati.
18S5-Town of Olta, Utah, destroyed by
an avalanche. i. . Martial law pro-
claimed in Panama.
1SS6-Serious riots in London caused by
Socialist agitators.
18S7-Yeto of the dependent pension bill.
18S9-The U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture created. Legislatures of
Western States investigated dressed
beef trust A constitution for the
empire of Japan proclaimed. d. - U.
S. Senate rejected British extradi-
ton treaty.
Oklahoma territorial bill passed
by the Senate. :. President Harrison
signed proclamation opening the
Sioux reservation.
18o1-Strike involving 10000 miners be-
gun in Pennsylvania coke region.
lS92-United States millers contribute
100000 pounds of flour to relieve
starving peasants of Russia.
France, Italy and Sweden chosen as
Boring sea arbitrators. !. Seventy
FIVE persisted in burning of Hotel
Royal In New York.
1o93-Proclamation setting apart the
Sierra Forest Reserve in Califor-
mia. Gladstone introduced Home
Rule bill In the House of Commons
-. Count de Lesseps and son found
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