Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
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4111-Henry II. landed in ireland and
styled himself King Of All Hibernia.
444e-TurkS defeated the Hungarians at
battle Of Cossovo.
1o2O-Magellan discovered and entered
the strait which bears his name.
1o40-De Soto and his force engaged IN
battle with the Mobile Indians in
Alabama.
AOS2-The GregOrian calendar introduced.
1612-Champlain arrived in Canada to
take up his work as governor Of the
country.
1o5O-First general court In America
held at Boston.
observation-disclosures Puritans limited
suffrage to members of the church.
1o6S-Jean Talon resigned his Office a.
Intendant Of New France.
l675-Hatfeld, Mass, repulsed an at
tack Of Indians under King Philip.
le90-Massachusetts invaders retired
from before Quebec without making
an attack. An English feet from
Massachusetts attacked Quebec.
I692-British government took away
William PENIS proprietary rights in
Pennsylvania.
171o-Port Royal, S. c., captured BY an
English feet.
lI25-First issue Of the New York Ga
zette, first newspaper in that city.
I146-Bil introduced in the New York
Assembly to raise money for the cree
ton of Columbia college.
1775-Town of Falmouth (Portland)
Maine, burned. American troops
captured Chambly, Quebec. . Pey-
ton Randolph, first president Of the
Continental Congress, died.
i777-Americans repulsed British attack
on Fort Mercer, Red Bank, N. j.
17S1-Lord CORVALLIS surrendered at
Yorktown, Va.
178S-President Washington started on
a tour of the Northern States.
1793-Marie Antoinette guillotined.
1SOO-Spain coded the territory Of
Louisiana to France.
1803-Congress assembled in extra SEES
sion to act on the Louisiana Purchase
treaty.
1S05-Horatio Lord Nelson killed at the
battle of Trafalgar.
1S12-American sloop Wasp defeated the
British brig Frolic off the coast of
Virginia.
1S18-Napoleon defeated at the battle
of Leipsic.
1S26-The last Estate Lottery" drawing
held in England.
1S2S-The Delaware and Chesapeake
canal opened.
1S31-Arms' bill passed for the repres-
sion of crime and instruction in Ire
land.
1S34-British Parliament houses, West
minister, destroyed by fire.
1939-Charles Edward Poulett Thomson
succeeded Sir John Colborne as gov
ernor of Canada.
1842-First submarine telegrap oh in Amer
lea laid between Governors Island
and New York.
1S45-Mme. Sarah Bernhard, French
tragedienne, born.
1S46-Nathan Clifford of Maine became
Attorney General of United States.
1S49-Chopin, the great musical COM
poser, died in Paris.
2-Abd-el-Kaedir, deposed ruler of Al
giers, released from his confinement
by Louis Napoleon.
1S53-Filibusters, under Col. William
Walker, sailed from San Francisco
to establish a pro-slavery colony in
lower California.
1S56-Seven persons killed in panic in
London while Mr.. Spurgeon was
preaching.
1859-Col Robert e. Lee captured John
Brown and his men at Harper''
Ferry.
1S61-Col. Baker, friend of Lincoln, kill
ed at battle of Balls Bluff. STRAIT
ford-on-Avon purchased the birth
place of Shakespeare.
1s63-Gen. Grant appointed to the COM
mand Of the western armies.
1S64r-C1en. Snerludn LuIu'u ueAeaL luIO
victory at Cedar Creek,
1Se6-Austria evacuated LOmbardy.
1s72-Steamship Missouri burned at sea
with loss Of 81 lives.
1ss3-Cetewayo, king of the Zulus, sur
rendered to the British.
1ss4-Marquis of LansdOwne sworn in
as governor general of Canada.
1ss9-King Carlos of Portugal assembled
the throne.
1se2-Worlds Columbian Exposition at
Chicago formally dedicated.
,oOA-Frederick Augustus I'LL, assembled
the throne Of Saxony.
A Floating Trout Pond.