The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-06-14
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145o-French defeated the English at
Formigni.
1512-Gaston de Folk killed at the bat
tie of Ravenna.
Hooking James 1. issued two land
patents for "The First and Second
Colonies" in North America.
1644-The parliamentary forces victori-
GUS at the battle of Selby.
1e70-Staten Island bought for the
Duke of York.
1709-First number of The Tattler ap-
peared.
1713-Treaty of Utrecht, terminating the
wars of Queen Anne.
1741-Prussians defeated the Austrians
at the battle of Molwitz.
1747-Simon Fraser (Lord Lovat) exc
cuted for his part in the rebellion of
1745.
1T6S-One-quarter of the city of Mon
treal destroyed by fire.
17S2-Admiral Rodney defeated De
Grasse and the French fleet in the
West Indies. Naval battle between
Hyder Ali and Gen. Monk.
1s05-Alliance of st. Petersburg. Bey
of Algiers declared war against
Spain. :. Aaron Burr arrived at
Blennerhassetts Island, in the Ohio
river.
1S13-Mobile captured from the Spanish.
1s14-French defeated by Wellington at
battle of Toulouse. -. British army
entered Toulouse France.
1s1S-King Christian TX. of Denmark
born. Died Jan. 90, 1906.
1890 Omnibus first used as a public
conveyance in New York. .Presi-
dent Bustamente of Mexico forbade
further immigration from the United
States.
1S31-Russians defeated In battle near
Siedloe, in Poland.
1S41-Halifax, N. S., incorporated as a
city.
1S47-Present Houses of Parliament In
London first used by the Peers.
1S54-France and England signed a
treaty for the defense of the Ottoman
empire. The town of San Saliva
dor destroyed by an earthquake.
se5-Mobile, Ala, captured by the fed
erals. Gen. Lee surrendered to
Gen. Grant at Appomattox Court
house, Virginia. . Raleigh, N. O.,
surrendered to the federal army.
Montgomery, Ala, surrendered to the
federals.
1858 -Magdala stormed by the British
under Sir Robert Napier.
1S74-Murat Halstead arrested In Gin
cinnati for publishing lottery ad-
vertisement In his newspaper.
1S75-Paul Boynton made unsuccessful
attempt to swim the English chan
mel. Martial law declared in the
Pennsylvania mining region.
1SS4-Gen. Gordon close pressed by the
Arabs near Khartoum.
lS91-First locomotive passed through
the st. Clair tunnel. Beginning OF
the second century of patents in the
United States celebrated in Wash
ington.
1S92-Six thousand houses destroyed by
fire in Toxic, Japan. United States
government paid $4,000 indemnity
to the families of the Italians lynch
ed at New Orleans.
Complete Syrian text of the four
gospels of the New Testament dis.
covered in the Mount Sinai convent
-. American protectorate in Tawaii
ended Japan seized the PelleW
islands in the North Pacific.
1S94-President Cleveland issued the
Bering sea proclamation.
American line steamship st. Pau
/ launched at Philadelphia.
1S97-Greater New York charter passed
by New York State Senate. 4. Five
lives lost and $2,000,000 in property
destroyed by fire In Knoxville, Tenn
1e00-Charles H. Allen appointed Gov
ernor of Porto Rico.
1901-Civil jurisdiction in the Trans
vaal inaugurated.
Convention signed at Pekin be
tween China and Russia, the latter
agreeing to evacuate Manchuria.
ieo8-Moro fort, at Bacalod, Philippines
captured by American soldiers.
Io04-German troops in Southwest AT
rica defeated 5000 Hereros. :. /. /. An
drew Carnegie established his IS.
100000 hero fund.-. =. Russian bat
tleship Petropavlovski sunk by min,
near Port Arthur. . Anglo-Frencl
Colonial treaty signed in London,
i905-American Ambassador Joseph H
I Choate elected Bencher Of the Mid
die Temple. London.
i9O6-Greene and Gaynor found guilt.
at Savannah, Ga.
Chilly Freaks.