Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23
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lIo1-Death of David l., King of the
Scots, at Carlisle.
14O2-Scots defeated at Nesbit.
loo2-Columbus sailed on his fourth
voyage to the New World
1o34-Hessians defeated Austrians at
Lauffen.
l56S-Mary Queen of Scots defeated at
battle of Langside.
16O1-English coonists began to build at
Jamestown.
164o-Montrose defeated the Covenant
ers at battle of Auldean
1863 Indian chief Pontiac began
his blockade of Detroit.
167O-Hudson Bay Company founded
1671-Col. Thomas Blood made a daring
attempt to steal the Crown jewels
from the Tower of London.
17S1-The Spaniards captured Penta-
cola, Florida from the British.
17S3-Society of the Cincinnati organ
lied.
1191-Walter Cotton, who made the first
public announcement of the discov-
cry of gold in California, born in
Rutland, Vt. Died Jan. %, 1851.
1S00-John Marshall of Virginia became
Secretary of State.
1S10-First agricultural exhibition in
the United States opened at George
town, D. c.
1S12-Mr. Perceval. British premier, as
sassinated by Bellingham.
1S43-Hugh S. Legare of South Carolina
became Secretary of State.
1S46-Battle of Palo Alto, first engage
ment in the war with Mexico.
1S4S-Daniel Webster resigned as Secre-
tary of State.
1S49-Astor Place riots made by friends
of Edwin Forrest to break up Mac
ready's acting at Astor Place Opera
House.
1S53-Jacob Burnet, one of the early
Wing leaders in the Senate, died.
Born ITO. First transatlantic
steamer arrived at Quebec.
1S57-Outbreak of the Indian mutiny at
Meerut. Delhi captured by the
Sepoys.
1S61-Baltimore occupied by federal
troops.
1S64-Battle of Rrurys Bluff, Va.
Sheridan'S famous raid commenced.
1S65-Capture of Jefferson Davis at r.
winville, Ga.
1S71-Treaty of Washington signed, pro-
viding for the settlement OF the Ala
bama claims.
1S76-Opening of the Centennial exhibit
ton at Philadelphia.
1SS0-Sir Alexander T'illoch Gait APP
pointed first High Commissioner for
Canada in London.
1SS2-Dominion government created the
four provisional districts now com
prising the western provinces of AL
berta and Saskatchewan.
1SS9-Father Damien died at the leper
settlement in the Sandwich Islands
1S91-Cardinal Martinelli invested with
the red berretta at Baltimore. The
Chilean steamer Itata escaped from
the harbor of San Diego, Cal.
1S93-Earl of Aberdeen became governor
general of Canada. :. Carlyle w.
Harris, the murderer of Helen Potts,
executed at Sing Sing.
1S94-Several villages destroyed and
1000 lives lost by earthquake in
Venezuela.
1S9J-Treaty of peace between Japan
and China ratified at Chefoo.
1S96-H. II. Holmes. the multi-murderer,
executed at Philadelphia.
1S91-French steamship Vile de St
Nazaire foundered off Cape Hatteras,
with loss of many lives . . The pow
ers interviewed in the war between
Turkey and Greece. q. Il. Turkish army
occupied Volo. United States Su-
preme Court decided the Beriner
patent case in favor of the Bell
Telephone Company.
1S9S-China paid the last of the war in
demnity to Japan.
1S99-Fatal collision on the Reading rail
road; % killed and many injured
9O2-Eruption of Mont La Soufriere,
st. Vincent's; 1000 lives lost
Thirty thousand lives lost by the
eruption of Mont Pelee, Martinique.
190j-Tornado at Snyder. Okla, killed
100 people, and injured many others
190G-Anthracite miners in Pennsylva-
MIA accepted terms offered by the
operators.