The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-07-25

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1174-Henry II. paid pcnance at the
tomb of the murdered Archbishop a
Beckett.
1191-Acre taken by Richard l. and
o+'H- Crusaders after two years
siege.
boz Jennings defeated the Count Of
ArtoiS at Courtray.
AJO~Jack CaIe. who raised an insur-
rection in Kent, killed
14GO-Henry VI. taken at northampton
(War Of tho Roses.
1a37-Amagro defeated Alwrado at
Abancay.
L5S4--William. Prince Of Orange. assss-
sinated. &. . Sir Walter Raleigh land
ed on the island Of Wocokon ard
named the country Virginia.
16O9-Samuel Champlain discovered bs
Lake which bears his name.
1619-Eirst Legislative body Of English
men in America met at jamestown,
Virginia.
1675-Lord Culpeper appointed Governor
Of Virginia for life.
16SJ-Duke Of Monmouth behsAdsd
170-Swedish army under Charles XI.
defeated the Russians under Peter
the Great at battle Of PultOwa.
E5S-French victorious at battle OF r.
oonderoga.
177o-BritiSh soldiers under Sir William
Howe landed ON Staten Island. ...
Pennsylvania adopted State con-
stitution.
177S-ArticIes Of confederation signed by
the delegates from eight States.
17SO-Count de Rochambeau and G,0OO
French soldiers arrived at Newport
to aid Americans
17S-Congress ratified the Articles Of
Confederation.
17S2-SaNnnah evacuated by the Brit
ish.
1TS7-Slavery abolished in the territory
north of the Ohio river.
119O-Congress decided to meet at Phila-
delphia for ten years, and thereafter
on the IOtOmac.
1S0S-AGurat made King of Naples.
1S12-Gov. Hull of Michigan made un-
successful attempt to capture Fort
Maiden.
1S14-A British feet captured Eastport,
Maine.
1S15-Napoleon l. surrendered to the
captain Of tho Bellerophon at Roche
fort.
1S26-Luther Martin. counsel for Aaron
Burr in the latter'S trial for trea-
son, died.
1S32-Iirst steamboat arrived at Chi
cago. Henry VI. Schoolcraft dis
covered the source of the Mississippi
river.
tolled in memory of Chief Justice
Marshall.
IS43 - Frmonts expedition sighted
Pixies Peak, Colorado.
1S40-Commodoro Sloat hoisted the
American flag at Monterey.
1S49-Restoration of the temporal power
of the Pope proclaimed.
1S5G-United States Senate rejected bill
to admit kansas as a free State. -.
British forces evacuated the Crimea.
Sahib.
1SG3-Cincinnati proclaimed under mar
tial law. . Indiana invaded by Gen.
Morgan's Confederate cavalry.
,SG4-Frst organized national bank
opened in Philadelphia. {. d. Rioting
of anti-draft mobs in New York
City.
1SGJ-Barnum's museum, at Ann street
and Broadway, New York, destroyed
by fire.
1S7S-Brtish flag hoisted at Cyprus.
SS2-Bombardmcnt of Alexandria.
1SS3-"Gen. Tom Thumb" &C. II. STRAIT
TOM famous dwarf, died.
Institutional Democratic convention
at Chicago nominated Grover Cleve-
land for President.
1S9O-The President signed the Wyom-
ing admission bill. The new Gro
ton aqueduct opened in New York
-. Idaho admitted to the Union. g.
Many lives lost by tornado in Min
nesota. |U 81 IT.
iS91-Attempted assassination of Presi-
dent Carnot of France.
1S92-Stewart Free Silver Coinage bill
defeated in the House of Represent
- atives. .Ravachol, anarchist and
dynamiter guilIotined in Paris. -.
St. Johns, Newfoundland, nearly
| destroyed by fire. An avalanche
from Mount Blanc destroyed villages
and 20C lives