Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-29

1066-Harold H., last Saxon King OF
England, killed at the Battle of Hast
ings.
1354-Cols di Rienz, who thrice became
ruler of Rome, assassinated.
1S99-Order of the Bath instituted BY
Henry ".
| 1492-Columbus discovered America.
1514-Marriage Of Louis MI. of France
and Princess Mary Of England.
1531-Zwinglius slain at Capped.
1571-Dan Juan defeated the Turks at
Lepanto.
1575-Guise defeated the Huguenots at
Dormans.
1612-De Spissons, first Viceroy of New
France, appointed to Office.
16l4-Charter granted the New Neither
lands Company.
1651-British Parliament passed the 6rst
navigation act.
Massachusetts, passed an act pro-
hibiting the immigration of Quakers.
166S-Bishop Laval founded the semi
nary at Quebec.
16S2-La Barre appointed Governor of
Canada,
16S9--Frontenac arrived az Quebec to
become for the second time governor
of Canada.
1691-King William granted a new char
ter to Massachusetts.
1109-Alons taken by the Allies.
1735-John and Charles Wesley sailed
from ENGLAND for America
1736-New Hampshire's first newspaper
issued at Portsmouth.
1859 -Eddystone lighthouse completed
1765--Ant-Stamp act Congress met in
New York City.
IVA -virginians defeated the Shawnees
at battle of Point Pleasant, on the
Ohio.
1875 British vessels fired on Bristol
r. L.
1776 Americans defeated by British in
battle on Lake Champlain.
17S0-Four thousand persisted in a great
hurricane in the Barbados.
1882 John Adams concluded treaty
with Holland.
1S06-French defeated the Prussans at
battle of Jena.
1S12-Defeat of the American force at
Queenstown. Drury Lane theater
in London rebuilt and opened.
1S17-John c. Calhoun of North Caro-
lima became Secretary of War.
1S2G-Frst horse power railway in the
United States completed at Quincy,
Mass.
! 1S36-Unitei States bank at Philadel-
phia failed as result of cotton specu-
lation.
1887 Steamer Home, New York for
Charleston, wrecked with loss Of 100
lives.
1S40-W William /. of Holland abdicated.
1871 John G. Spencer of New York
became Secretary of War. Alex
ander Macleod, implicated in the
burning of the Caroline in 1881 tried
for murder and arson at Utica, n. y,
and acquitted.
1854-Abraham Lincoln challenged Ste
phen A. Douglas to debate.
1S5S-First overland mail arrived in st.
Louis from San Francisco.
ACOO-NllutSe war Drought 10 u CLOSE
by the surrender of Pekin to Lord
Elgin. Prince of Wales received
in New York.
1&67-Russia transferred Alaska to the
United States.
1S70-Rome incorporated with Italy by
royal decree,
1S71-President Grant issued a procla-
nation against the Ku-Klux-Klan in
South Carolina.
1S77-First locomotive entered Winni.
peg Manitoba.
1SS3-Two-eent 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.
1SS4-New Parliament buildings in Que
bee wrecked by dynamite.
1SS5--Food Rock, He'll Gate, New York
harbor, destroyed by dynamite.
1SS6-Many persons persisted in a gale
that swept Texas and the Southwest.
1S9S-Atlantic transport steamer Mohe-
gan wrecked with loss of 10S lives.
-. Naval board decided the battle
of Santiago was fought on the plans
of Admiral Sampson.