Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22

lJZl-lSland OF Guam discovered by MA
gellan.
1566-David R~izzio, secretary to Mary
Queen of Scots, murdered by Lord
Darnley.
167S-Ghent surrendered TO Loui XIV.
of France.
17O2-King William III. died and Queen
Anne came to the throne of England.
l732-Kouli Khan usurped the Persian
throne.
l765-The stamp act passed by the
British House Of Lords.
1792-Gustavus III. of Sweden assas-
sinated
1SO1-British naval and military expedi-
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.
lS22-President Monroe recommended
recognition of independence of Mex
leo and the South American States.
lS25-Henry Clay of Kentucky became
Secretary Of State.
1S29-Catholic emancipation proposed in
England. John Mcpherson Ber-
rien of Georgia became Attorney
General of United States.
1S3O-Petroleum discovered in Kentucky,
bottled and sold as a medicine. .
The Book of Mormon" written by
olomon Spaulding, published in
New York. First gold from Georgia
mines received at United States mint.
1S36-Arkansas adopted a constitution.
49,. Massacre of the Alamo.
1S37-Bank of British North America
opened it's first Office at Montreal.
1S42-Income tag proposed by Sir Rob-
ert Peel. g.
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
iS47-Battle of Vera Cruz.
a849-Thomas Ewing Of Ohio took Office
as first Secretary of the Interior.
;S5O-Robert Stephenson sent the first
locomotive through the Britannia tu-
bular bridge over the Menai straits.
lS53-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.
1S56-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.
IS62-Battle of Pea Ridge....B 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.
1S64-Reservoir near Sheffield, England,
burst, and go persons drowned.
lSbOVOuSen lCICT1d luSllluleu tliC al
bert medal as reward for heroic &C
lions among mariners.
1S6S-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 700 lives lost.
1S79-Peruvian port of Iquique block
AIDED BY 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.
cured an absolute divorce from her
husband. -. Harry Hayward convict
ed in Minneapolis of the murder of
Catherine Cling.
1S97-Queen Ranavalona III. of NADIA
gascar exiled by the French.
1S9S-China leased Port Arthur to Rus
STA for n~inety-nine years.
19OO-Theater Francois in Paris de
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.
19O6-American troops killed 600 Moros