The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-10-24

10G6-Harold H.. last Saxon King of
England, killed at the Battle of Hast
ings.
1354-Cola di Rienzi, who thrice became
ruler of Rome, assassinated.
1399-Order of the Bath instituted by
Henry ".
1492-Columbus discovered America.
1514-Marriage of Louis XII. of France
and Princess Mary of England.
1531-Zwinglius slain at Cappel.
15I1-Dan Juan defeated the Turks at
Lepanto.
1575-Guse defeated the Huguenots at
Dormans.
16l2-De Spissons, first Viceroy of New
France, appointed to office.
1614-Charter granted the New Neither
lands Company.
1651-British Parliament passed the first
navigation act.
6JJ-Massachusetts passed an act pro-
hibiting the immigration of Quakers.
16GS-Bishop Laval founded the semi
nary at QueDec.
1682-La Barre appointed Governor of
Canada.
1GS9-Frontenae arrived at Quebec to
become for the second time governor
of Canada.
1G9l-King William granted a new char
ter to Massachusetts.
17O9-Mons taken by the Allies.
1735-John and Charles Wesley sailed
from England for America.
173G-New IIampshire's first newspaper
issued at Portsmouth.
1759-Eddystone lighthouse completed.
1765-Apti-Stamp act Congress met in
New York City.
1774-yirginians defeated the Shawnees
at battle of Point Pleasant, on the
Ohio.
1775-British vessels fired on Bristol,
X. |.
l77G-Americans defeated by British in
battle on Lake Champlain.
17S0-Four thousand perished in a great
hurricane in the Barbados.
1882 Adams concluded a treaty
with Holland.
lS0G-French defeated the Prussians at
battle of Jena.
1S12-Defeat of the American force at
Queenstown. E. Drury Lane theater
in London rebuilt and opened.
1S17-John c. Calhoun Of North Caro-
lima became Secretary of War.
1S2G-First horse power railway in the
United States completed at Quincy,
Mass.
1S36-United States bank at Philadel-
phia failed as result of cotton specu-
lation.
1S37-Steamer Home, New York for
Charleston, wrecked with loss Of 100
lives.
1S40-William I. Of Holland abdicated.
1S41-John c. Spencer of New York
became Secretary Of War. Alex
ander Macleod, implicated in the
burning of the Caroline in 1897, tried
for murder and arson at Utica, n. Y,
and acquitted.
1S54-Abraham Lincoln challenged Ste
phen \. Douglas to debate.
1S5S-First overland mail arrived in st.
Louis from San Francisco.
1SG0-Chinese war brought to a close
by the surrender of Pekin to Lord
Elgin. E. Prince of Wales received
in New York.
lS67-Russia transferred Alaska to the
United States.
1S10-Rome Incorporated with Italy by
royal decree.
1ST1-President Grant issued a procla-
nation against the Ku-Klux-Klan in
South Carolina.
1S77-~FiTs. locomotive entered Winni-
peg, Manitoba.
1SS3-Two-cent letter postage went into
effect in the United States. :. . John
Laurence Smith, American scientist
who taught the farmers Of Turkey
how to raise cotton, died at Louis
vile.
1SSi-New Parliament buildings in Que
bee wrecked by dynamite.
1SS5-Flood Rock, He'll Gate, New York
harbor, destroyed by dynamite.
18SG-Many persons perished in a gale
that swept Texas and the Southwest.
1S9S-Atlantic transport steamer Mohe-
gan wrecked with loss of 1OS lives.
.s 49,. Naval board decided the battle
of Santiago was fought on the plans
of Admiral SampSon