Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-04-19

1242-Russians defeated the swedes Al
battle of Lake Peipus.
1497-Canada discovered by Cartier.
1513-Ponce de Leon called the country
discovered by him Florida
l55S-Marriage Of the Dauphin OF
France to Mary Stuart, Queen OF
Scots.
lGO9-Henry Hudson sailed from Hol
land on his exploring expedition tc
America.
1632-Imperialists defeated lilly killed
1663-Royal Society of England char,
tered.
1762-Granada surrendered to the Brit
ish.
17S9-Washington chosen President Of
the United States.
1791-Count Mirabeau. the grandest
figure of the French Revolution"
died.
t792-United States mint established.
lSOO-First United States bankrupt Law
passed; repealed Dec. 10, 1908.
l9O1-British fleet under Nelson bonn.
barded Copenhagen.
1SO5-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. .r~~-
1S14-Napoleon Bonaparte sent to Elba
NAPOLEON Bonaparte abdicated
the throne of France. s
1S19-The American Farmer, first agri.
cultural. paper, issued at Baltimore.
1S29-Bolivian army invaded the repub-
lie of Peru. -.
1S30-The Mormon church founded.
1S37-Algernon Charles S%winburne, poet
laureate of England, born
1S44-The Fleet Prison in London abol.
ished.
1S47--Alvarado, Mexico, surrendered ia
the Americans.
1S50-The celebrated Koh-i-noor dia.
AhcAN hNAS - :" hSS~A SeSS
Victoria.
1S5S-Sir Hugh Rose defeated the In.
dian rebels and took Jhansi. Gold
discovered in British Columbia.
1S62-Federal 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, eccu.
pied by federal troops. battle at
Selma, Ala.
1S72-Earthquake at Antioch 1000 lives
lost.
1S73-White Star steamer Atlantic
wrecked off Nova Scotia; 4S1 lives
lost.
1S76-Impeachment trial begun of Will.
liam w. Belknap, Secretary Of War
1S7S-Victory of British at Futtehabad,
A~fghanistan.
1SS5-Frog Lake massacre.
1SS7-First Colonial conference met in
London. a
1SS9-Passengers and crew of steam.
ship Danmark rescued by steamer
Missouri in m~id-Atlantic.
1S94-Eleven strikers killed in riot at
Connellsville, Pa....Louis Kossuth,
Hungarian patriot, buried in Buda.
pest.
1S95-Eightieth birthday of Prince Bis
marck celebrated throughout Ger
many.
1S96-Ex-President Harrison married
Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmick.
1S97-yenezuelan Congress ratified boun-
Diary arbitration treaty with Great
Britain.
1S9S-Many lives lost by the breaking
of the Ohio river levee at Shawnee
town, III.
1S99-Mataafa's forces in Samoa at
tackled American and British naval
squads.
19OO-The Kentucky Court of Appeals
declared Beckham Governor. Queen
Victoria started on a visit to Ire
land.
i9c1-Spanish cabinet approved of a
treaty of friendship with the United
States.
19O2-Million dollar fro in Atlantic
City, N. J.
19O4-Religious emblems ordered re-
moved from the French courts Of
justice. -. Attempt on the life Of
the King of Spain at Barcelona.
190o-President Roosevelt left Washing
ton on a trip to Texas and Colorado.