Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24

1oG6-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.
1599-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.
1o775-Guise defeated the Huguenots at
Dormans.
1612-De SpisSons, first Viceroy of New
France, appointed to office.
16f4-Charter granted the New Neither
lands Company.
1651-British Parliament passed the first
navigation act.
55-Massachusetts passed an act pro-
hibiting the immigration OF Quakers.
166S-Bishop Laval founded the semi
nary at Quebec.
hoo- La DARE appointed NoNcIhoi VI
Canada.
16S9-Frontenac arrived at Quebec to
become for the second time governor
of Canada.
1691-King William granted a new char
ter to Massachusetts.
1709-Mons taken by the Allies.
1735-John and Charles Wesley sailed
from England for America
173G-New Hampshire's first newspaper
issued at Portsmouth.
1159-Eddystone lighthouse completed.
176J-.Anti-Stam act Congress met in
New York City
1774-Virginians defeated the Shawnees
at battle of Point Pleasant, on the
Ohio.
1775-British vessels fred on Bristol,
1776-Americans defeated by British in
battle ON Lake Champlain.
17SO-Four thousand persisted in a great
hurricane in the Barbados.
11S2-John Adams concluded a treaty
with Holland.
1S0G-French defeated the Prussians at
battle of jena.
1S12-Defeat of the American force at
Queenstown. Drury Lane theater
in London rebuilt and opened.
1S17-John G. Calhoun of North Caro-
lima became Secretary of War.
1S26-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 l. of Holland abdicated.
1S41-John G. Spencer of New York
became Secretary of War. Alex
ander Macleod, implicated in the
burning of the Caroline in 1887, tried
for murder and arson at Utica, n "
and acquitted.
1S54-Abraham Lincoln challenged Ste
phen A. Douglas to debate.
185S-First overland mail arrived in st.
Louis from San Francisco.
1S60-Chinese war brought to a close
by the surrender of Pekin to Lord
Elgin. Prince of Wales received
in New York.
1s67--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.
1S83-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.
1S84-New Parliament buildings in Que
bee wrecked by dynamite.
1SSj-Flood Rock, He'll Gate, New York
harbor, destroyed by dynamite.
1SS6-Many persons persisted in a gale
that swept Texas and the Southwest.
1S98-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.