Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-04
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1312-Suppression of the Order Of
Knights Templar by papal decree
1421-French defeated British at battle
of Anjou.
1549-Thomas Seymour, lord high adj
miral of England, attainted and be-
headed.
the French after siege of seven
days.
1752-First issue of The Halifax Ca
zette, first newspaper printed in
Canada
1165-The British stamp act became law
1791-British under CORVALLIS took
Bangalore, India, by storm.
1199-Princess of Furstenberg killed at
the battle of Stockache.
1S01-Paul, Gar of Russia, assassinat-
ed. Sir Ralph Abercromby NOR
tally wounded at battle of Alexan-
dria.
1SO7-Alexandria taken by the British
under Fraser.
1S10-Bonaparte issued a general am
nesty to prisoners of state in France.
1S15-Sloop of war Hornet captured
British warship Penguin off Cape OF
Good. Hope.
1S20-Commodore Stephen Decatur NOR
tally wounded in duel with Commo-
dore James Barrow. ;. .Jesuits BAN
ished from Russia by decree of Gar
Alexander.
1S31-Austrian troops entered Bologna
and subdued Italian revolution.
1S34-First issue of the New Yorker"
by Horace Greeley and two associ-
ateS.
1S36-Col. Fannin, Texas soldier surren-
dered to the Mexicans with 500 men,
who were massacred one week later.
1S3S-Sir George Arthur took Office an
lieutenant governor of upper Canada
Sir Francis Bond Head resigned
Office as lieutenant governor of upper
Canada.
1S41-Duke of Clarence defeated and
killed by the Earl of Buchan.
S47-Bombardment of Vera Cruz, Mex
leo, began by American ships.
1S49-Charles Albert, King of Sardinia.
abdcated in favor of his son.
1S52-"Uncle Toms Cabin" by Harriet
Beecher Stowe, published in book
form.
1S55-The Arabs defeated at Hasheon.-
Unsuccessful attempt at revolution
made in San Domingo. Ramon
Pinto, eminent Cuban lawyer, gar
rotted at Havana for conspiracy
against the government.
1S62-Battle of Winchester.
1S63-John Morgan, with 1000 men, de-
feated near Milton, Tenn, by troops
under Col. Hall.
1S64-Battle of Henderson
1S65-Fort Stedman taken by the Con-
federates and retaken by the Union
troops.
1S77-John D. Lee, convicted of COM
plicity in the Mountain Meadow mas
sacre, executed.
1SS1-Opera house at Nice burned, sixty
two lives lost.
1SS2-Edmunds law, aimed at Mormon
ism in Utah, passed.
1SS3-Chinese troops attacked the CAPT
tai of Tonquin, in French possessions
1S91-Prince Napoleon buried at Turin
1S92-Col. Barnaby crossed English
channel in a balloon. Standard
Oil trust dissolved.
1S93-Mayor of Moscow assassinated.
Manitoba defed the Dominion gov
eminent to enforce its order to re-
store to Roman Catholics the separ-
ate schools.
Christian and Turks fought near
Malaxa, Crete. Fleets of tae pow
ers began the blockade of Crete.
1S9S-Ten lives lost in hotel FIRE at
Butte Mont. Forty-eight seal hunt
ers persisted on ice foe off Bay de
Verde, n. f.
1S99-Mrs Place eiectrocuted at Sing
Sing for the murder of her step
daughter France and England
signed agreement on Nile boundary
question.
1S9O-Great cyclone in South Carolina.
19OO-Canadian troops arrived at Cape
Town to engage in war with tho
Beers.
1901-Eighteen people killed in tornado
at Birmingham, Ala.
19O3-Irish land bill introduced into the
British House of Commons. .. Mis-
sissippi river at New Orleans reached
height OF 1913 feet.