Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
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1496-Henry VII. of England granted
patent to John Cabot.
1492-Jews banished from Spain by
Ferdinand V.
1539-Sir Nicholas Carew beheaded.
15S5-Dr. Parry executed for plot to as
sassinate Queen Elizabeth.
1634-First colony arrived at Potomac
for settlement of Maryland.
1641-Archbishop Laud sent to the
Tower.
16S6-James II. of England forbade the
bishops to preach on controverted
points.
1714-Gibraltar and Minorca ceded to
the English.
1716-Aurora borealis first seen in Eng
land.
1770-Boston massacre.
1776-South Carolina instructed her del
egates for independence. 49,. Gen.
Washington fortified Dorchester
Heights.
1779-Americans defeated at Brier
Creek, Ga.
1791-District of Columbia organized.
1S11-Massacre of the Mamelukes at
Cairo by Mehemet Ali.
1S15-Napoleon, having escaped from
Elba, landed at Cannes en- route 70
Paris. United States declared war
against Algiers.
1S17-Suspension of habeas corpus act.
1S2J-Great earthquake in Algiers lasted
five days.
1S3O-William Cramp established his
shipyard at Philadelphia.
1S43-Congress of United States grant
ed $4,000 to Morse for telegraph
80. Thames tunnel opened
1S4S-Income tax riots in. London.
of the Interior estab-
lished.
1S54-City of Glasgow lost between Liv-
erpool and Philadelphia; $50 lives
lost. -. L. $. steamer Black Warrior
seized by Cuban authorities at Ha-
vana.
1SJG-Free State Legislature in Kansas
constituted. -. Covent Garden thea
ter, London, burned.
1S57-Supreme Court decided bred Scott
case.
1SG1-Abraham Lincoln inaugurated
President of the United States.
1SG2-Gen. Beauregard took command
of the Army of the Mississippi.
1S63-Act of Congress suspended the
habeas corpus act during the Civil
War.
1S67-Terrible earthquake at Aletekenc,
Levant.
York.
1S69-Pardon of Arnold and Spangler,
assassination conspira tors.
1S70-President Lopez of Paraguay de-
feated and killed at battle of Aqui-
daban.
1S11-Congress set apart Yellowstone
valley for a national park. =. . Treaty
of peace between Germany and
France.
1S73-Great fraud on the Bank of Eng
land discovered.
1S1S-IIot Springs, Ark, nearly destroy
ed by fire. =. . Bland silver bill pass
ed over the Presidents veto.
1S79-President Hayes vetoed Chinese
restriction bill.
1SS4-Great snow blockade on Canadian
Pacific and Grand Trunk railroads
1SS5-General strike of Missouri Pacific
railroad employees.
1SS6-Eruption of Mount Etna.
1SS7-China caded Chusan Island TO
Germany. -. Henry Ward Beecher
stricken with apoplexy . . Score of
lives lost in burning of steamer w.
II. Gardner near Gainesville. Ala.
-. Mrs. r. Druse hanged at Her
kimer, n. y, for numbering her hus-
band.
1SSS-Local option, Kansas City, closed
every saloon for the first time.
1SS9-Violent earthquake in South Amer
lea.
1S9O-British steamer Quetta sunk in
Torres Strait, Australia; 100 lives
lost.
1S91-Eleven Italians accused of killing
New Orleans chief of police lynched
by mob.
1S94-Mr. Gladstone resigned as Prime
Minister of England.
1S95-Great fire in Toronto. japanese
carried Nechwang after battle of
thirteen hours. Gar of Russia
prohibited use of knout in Furnishing
peasants.
1S97-Japan adopted a gold standard.
1905-John H. Regain, last surviving
member OF Confederate cabinet, died.
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