The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-04-18

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1242-Russians defeated the Swedes at
battle of Lake Peipus.
1497-Canada discovered by Cartier.
| 1513-Ponce de Leon called the country
discovered by him FLORIDA"
155S-Marriage of the Dauphn of
France to Mary Stuart, Queen Of
Scets.
1609-Henry Hudson sailed from Hol
land on his exploring expedition to
America.
1G32-Imperialists defeated; lilly killed.
1GG3-Royal Society of England char
tered.
1762-Granada surrendered to the Brit
ish.
17S9-Washington chosen President of
the United States.
1I91-COunt Mirabeau, "the grandest
figure of tho French Revolution"
died
1792-United States mint established.
1SO0-First United States bankrupt law
passed; repealed Dec. 10, 1903.
1S01-British fleet under Nelson bonn
barded Copenhagen.
1S05-Emanuel Lisa founded the first
trading post in Nebraska.
1S1O-Napoleon married the Arch
duchess Maria Louisa.
1S11-James Monroe of Virginia became
Secretary of State.
1S12-Badajos stormed and taken by
Lord Wellington. .--
1S14-Napoleon Bonaparte sent to Elba
... Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated
the throne of France.
1S19-The American Farmer, first agri
cultural paper, issued at Baltimore.
1S29-Bolivian army invaded the repub-
lie of Peru.
1S3O-The Mormon church founded.
1S37-Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet
laureate of England, born.
1S44-The Fleet Prison in London abol-
ished.
1S47-Alvarado, Mexico, surrendered to
the Americans.
1S5O-The celebrated Koh-inoor dia-
mond sent as present to Queen
Victoria.
1S5S-Sir Hugh Rose defeated the In
dian rebels and took Jhansi. &. . Gold
discovered in British Columbia.
1SG2-Federai army commenced siege of
Yorktown, Va. First day of the
battle of Shiloh.
1S65-University of Alabama, at Tusca-
loosa, burnt by Gen. Croxton. :. Pc
tersburg and Richmond, Va, occu-
pied by federal troops. Battle at
Selma, Ala.
1S72-Earthquake at Antioch; 1000 lives
lost.
1S13-White Star steamer Atlantic
wrecked off Nova Scotia 4S1 lives
lost.
1S7G-Impeachmen trial begun of Will
liam w. Bclknap, Secretary of War.
1S7S-Victory of British at Futtehabad,
Afghanistan.
| 1SS5-I'coS Lake massacre.
1SS7--First Colonial conference met in
London.
1SS0-Passcngers and crew of steam
ship Danmark rescued by steamer
Missouri in mid-Atlantic.
'S04-Eleven strikers killed in riot at
Connelsville. Pa. -. Louis Kossuth,
hungarian patriot, buried in Buda-
pest.
1S95-Eightieth birthday of Prince Bis
marck celebrated throughout Ger
many.
1S96-ExPresident Harrison married
Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmick.
lS9T-Venezuelan Congress ratified boun-
dary arbitration treaty with Great
Britain.
Many lives lost by the breaking
of the Ohio river levee at Shawnee
town, ILL.,
lS00-Mataafa's forces in Samoa at.
tackled American and British nava!
squads.
190O-The Kentucky Court of Appeals
declared Beckham Governor. Queen
Victoria started on visit to Ire
land.
l90l-Spanish cabinet approved of
treaty of friendship with the United
States.
| l902-Million dollar fire in Atlantic
City. y. J.
| t90l-Eelgious em5cms ordered re-
moved from the French cou~ts Of
justice. Attempt on the lie OF
the King OF Spain at Barcelona.
005-President Roosevelt left Washing
ION on trip to Texas and Colorado.