Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-24

1l91-Richard l. defeated the saracens
at Arsouf.
1207-Wallace defeated the English at
Cambuskenneth.
1456-Mohammed II. repulsed at Bel
grade.
1522-Circumnavigation of the globe
completed by the return of Magel-
lan's ship to Spain.
1544-Valparaiso, Chill. founded by
Pedro de VaIdivia.
1547-English defeated the Scots at
Pinkie.
1565-French sailed from Port Royal
5. c., against Menendez at St.
Augustine, Fla... Founding of St.
Augustine, Fla.
15S4-Sir Humphrey Gilbert lost at sea.
1908 Capt John Smith elected presi-
dent of Virginia colony.
1609-Henry Hudson arrived in New
York bay.
1631-Gustavus defeated Tilly at Leip-
sic.
1650-Cromwell defeated the Scots at
Dunbar.
16S3-Jean Baptiste Colbert, celebrated
Minister of Louis XIV. of France,
died.
1751-New style of calendar adopted in
Great Britain
1755-Exie of Acadians from Nova
Scotia announced.
Montreal capitulated to the Brit
ish.
176S-Detroit relieved from siege by
Indians.
176S-Cyclone at Havana destroyed one
thousand lives.
1776-American colonies first called the
United States" by Congress.
l7S1-Lafayette prevented the retreat
of CORVALLIS into North Carolina
....New London, Conn, burned by
British.
1795-First newspaper exclusively for
commercial topics issued at Boston.
lSO0-NIalta coded to the British.
1S04-United States ship Intrepid"
blown up in Tripoli harbor.
lS07-Copenhagen surrendered to Adj
miral Gambler and Lord Cathcart.
lSl2-Freneh defeated the Russians at
battle of Borodino.
1S1S-James j. Wallack made his first
appearance an the American stage.
1S2S-Earl of Dalhouse finished his
term of office as governor general Of
Canada.
1S35-John G. Carlisle, ex-Secretary Of
the Treasury, born.
1S3S-Ferdinand /. Of Austria crowned
at Milan.
1S41-President Tyler vetoed the fiscal
bank bill.
1S46-John Y. Mason of Virginia became
Secretary of the Navy. Elias Howe
invented his sewing machine.
1S50-House of Representatives passed
the fugitive slave bill. New Mex
leo and Utah territories organized
1S52-Brevet Col. Robert e. Lee made
superintendent of the West Point
Military academy.
1S5S-Gold found in Tangler river, Nova
Scotia.
1S60-Union force under Grant occupied
Paducah, Ky.
1S61-First provincial synod of the
Church of England met at Montreal.
1S62-Gen. Lee crosse. the Potomac and
invaded Maryland.
1865 President Johnson issued his sec
on1 amnesty proclamation.
1SI0-French repuglie declared and
fight of the Empress Eugene.
1S73-Great Britain paid the indemnity
awarded in the Alabama claims.
1S74-Colorado for the first time went
Democratic.
1S76-Fire at st. Hyacnthe, Quebec,
destroyed five hundred houses.
1S79-Massacre of British residents at
Canul.
1SS4-Parisians demanded that the gov
eminent declare war on China.
1SS6-Apaches under CHIEF Geronimo
surrendered to Gen. Miles in Arizona.
IS91-The new Chilean government
recognized by the United States. -.
Tennessee Legislature refused to
abolish the convict lease system.
Centenary of Meyerbeer celebrated
at Berlin. .. German government re-
moved the prohibition Of the impor-
tation of American pork
1S93-President Cleveland opened the
Pan-American Medical Congress in
Washington.
1S94-Twelve thousand tailors struck in
New York City against the task-work
system.
1S95-Attempt made to blow up the
Rothschild bank in Paris.
1S9S-United States commissioners APP
pointed to negotiate a treaty of peace
with Spain. New Westminster, b.
c., nearly destroyed by fire.
1901-President Mckinley shot at the
Buffalo exposition.