Alaska sentinel., 1907-05-30
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~~-.o-o-o-~o~. 1521-Island of Guam discovered by Ma gellan.
 1566-David Rizzio secretary to Mary Queen of Scots, murdered by Lord Darnley.
 167S-Ghent surrendered to Louis XIV. of France. 1702-King William III. died and Queen Anne came to the throne of England. 1732-Kouli Khan usurped the Persian throne.
 1765-The stamp act passed by the British House of Lords. 1192-Gustavus III. of Sweden assas- sinated.
 1SO1-British naval and military e1pedi- ton arrived in Aboukir Bay, Egypt.
 ... British defeated the French at battle of Aboukir, Egypt. James Madison of Virginia became Secre- tary of State. 1S11-British defeated French at battle of Barrosa, in Spain. 1S14-Lord Wellington defeated the French and entered Bordeaux. Battle of Laon, in which Napoleon was defeated by Marshal Butcher. 1S22-President Monroe recommended recognition of independence of Mex leo and the South American States. 1s25-Henry Clay of Kentucky became Secretary of State. 1S29-Cathoic emancipation proposed In England. .. John McPherson Der ren of Georgia became Attorney General of United States. 1S30-Petroleum discovered in Kentucky, bottled and sold as a medicine. The Book of Mormon," written by Solomon Spaulding published in New York. First gold from Georgia mines received at United States mint. 1S36-Arkansas adopted a constitution. ... Massacre of the Alamo. 1s37-Bank of British North America opened it's first office at Montreal. 1s42-Income tax proposed by Sir Rob- ert Peel. 1s44-John c. Calhoun of South Caro- lima became Secretary of State.... First issue of the Toronto Globe. 1S45-Steamboat Swallow wrecked in Hudson river, with loss of many lives.
 1S47-Battle of Vera Cruz. 1S49-Thomas Ewing of Ohio took office as first Secretary of the Interior. 1s50-Robert Stephenson sent the first locomotive through the Britannia tu- bular bridge over the Menai straits. 1s53-Jefferson Davis of Mississippi be- came Secretary of War. 1S54-Election riots in Milwaukee be- tween Germans and Irish. 1s55-First steam fire engine exhibited in Baltimore. 1S5e-Covent Garden theater, London, destroyed by fire. 1S59-Aaron V. Brown of Tennessee be- came Postmaster General of the United States. 1S61-Gen Beauregard took command of the troops at Charleston. 1S62-Battle of Pea Ridge. .. Battle of the Merrimac and Monitor in Hamp- ton Roads. Gen. Mcclellan took command of the Army of the Poto- mac.
 1S63-Princess Alexandra of Denmark arrived in England to become the bride of the Prince of Wales. 1864 Reservoir near Sheffield England, burst, and 27O persons drowned. 1s66-Queen Victoria instituted the AL bert medal as reward for heroic &C., tions among mariners S6S-Impeachment court convened to try President Johnson. 1S71-Treaty of Washington, between the United States and England. 1S74-First meeting of the Prince Ed ward Island Legislature. 1S7S-Steamer Sphinx burned and sunk on Island of Cyprus; TOO lives lost. 1s79-Peruvian port of Iquiqus block aded oy Chile. 1S66-Knights of Labor strike on the Gould South Western railroad sys- tenn.
 1SS9-King Milan of Servia abdicated In favor of his son. 1S91-France consented to arbitration on Newfoundland fisheries question. 1S95-Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt se- cured an absolute divorce from her husband. :. Harry Hayward convict ed in Minneapolis of the murder of Catherine Cling. 1S97-Queen Ranavalona III. of Mada- gascar exiled by the French. lS9S-China leased Port Arthur to Rus sia for ninety-nine years. 1QOO-Theater Francois in psri. da- stroyed by fire. 19O1-Great Britain declined to accept Senate amendments to Hay-Paunce- fote treaty. 19O5-General strike of elevated railroad employees in New York City. l9O6-American troops killed 600 Moros in battle near Jolo.
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