The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-01-20

l555-John Philpot, Archdeacon OF
Westminster, convicted of heresy
and burned.
i5S2-The Gregorian calendar adopted
at Paris, emitting 10 days.
1642-New Zealand discovered by Tas.
man.
1644-Christina assumed government OF
Sweden.
164S-Oliver Cromwell ordered all stage
plays stopped in England.
1G53-Oliver Cromwell declared lord
protector of England
16S3-Isaac Walton, author of the
Complete Angler" died.
1745-Dresden surrendered to Frederick
ii. of Prussia.
l154-Mahomet V. of Turkey died.
1764-T. II. Perkins. owner of the first
railroad in the United States
born.
1770-Beethoven the great musician
born.
1774-North Carolina adopted a consti
tuition.
1T75-American Congress first deter
mined to build a navy.
1775-General Howe ordered the meet
ing houses in Boston torn down
and used for fire wood.
1776-Congress adjourned from Phila
delphia to Baltimore.
17S2-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
1S04-British Consul in Honduras for
bid mahogany to be exported on
American vessels. =. Spain de
clared war against Great Britain
1S09-Divorce of Empress Josephine.
1S1O-Lucien Bonaparte and family
place themselves under protection
of England.
1S16-First savings bank in the United
States opened in Boston.
1929 Outbreak of Civil War in Chill.
1S32-Treaty Of navigation and com
merce concluded between United
States and Russia.
IS36-Patent office and postoffice a
Washington, d. c., burned.
1S3S-Chartists meetings declared lille
gal in England.
.1S40-Remains of Bonaparte, removed
from Cherbourg TO Paris.
1S4S-Postal convention concluded be
tween Great Britain and UniteC
States. .. Destruction of the Parl
Theater. New York City, by fire
1S5O-Many killed and injured in TIL
explosion of the steamboat Angl
Norman at New Orleans.
1S54-St. Lawrence River opened t.
American vessels. . Seventeel
lives lost in sinking Of steame
Westmoreland in Lake Michigan
1S61-Prince Albert. husband of Queer
Victoria, died.
fredericksburg, Va. captured.
1S64-Fort McAllister captured by Tn
ion forces.
1S65-Thirteenth Amendment to U. S
Constitution proclaimed.
1S71-AIabama arbitration commission
meets at Geneva. e. William NJ
Tweed. the Tammany Boss" re
arrested.
1S74-Edwin Booth made his first ap
pearance on the stage following
his retirement after the assassina
ton of President Lincoln.
1SS4-World's Fair opened in New Or
leans. E. Attempt made to blow
London Bridge up with dynamite
1S91-Violent earthquake in Sicily.
United States concludes arrange
ments for reciprocity with Japan
1S94-Great loss of life in a volcani
eruption in the New Hebrides. e.
Eugene V. Debs sentenced to jail
for contempt of court
1S95-Samuel Gompers elected presiden
of the American Federation O
Labor.
1S97-Attorney- General McKenna ap
pointed justice of the United
States Supreme Court.
19O1-Philippine tariff bill passed
House of Representatives. :.
Marconi signalled across the At
lantic by means of wireless tele2
raphy.
19O3-The Cuban reciprocity bill be
comes a law. w. ]. Buchanan
appointed United States ministe
to the republic of Panama.
l9O+Three killed in explosion on Unit
ed States battleship Massachu
sets. .Ex-Mayor Ames of Min
neapolis, charged with malfeas
ance in office, set free after a dis
agreement Of the jury at his thirC
trial.