The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-10-03

1191-Acre taken by Richard L. and
other Crusaders after two years
siege.
1302-Flemings defeated the Count OF
Artois at Courtray.
1450-Jack Cade, who raised an insur-
rection in Kent, killed.
1860 Henry VI. taken at Northampton
(War of the Roses).
1887 Almagro defeated Alvarado at
Abancay.
1884 William, Prince of Orange, assas-
sinated. F.. Sir Walter Raleigh land
ed on the island Of Wocokon and
named the country Virginia.
1609-Samuel Champlain discovered the
lake which bears his name.
1619-First legislative body of English
men in America met at jamestown,
Virginia.
1675-Lord Culpeper appointed Governor
Of Virginia for life.
16S5-Duke of Monmouth beheaded.
1709-Swedish army under Charles XII.
defeated the Russians under Peter
the Great at battle of Pultowa-
175S-French victorious at battle of IT,
conderoga. :
1776-British soldiers under Sir William
Howe landed on Staten Island. -.
Pennsylvania adopted a State con-
stitution.
177S-Articles of confederation signed by
the delegates from eight States.
17SO-Count de Rochambeau and 6,000
French soldiers arrived at Newport
to aid Americans.
17S1-Congress ratified the Articles Of
Confederation.
ish.
17S7-Slavery abolished in the territory
north of the Ohio river.
179o-Congress decided to meet at Phila-
delphia for ten years, and thereafter
on the Potomac.
1S0S-Murat made King of Naples.
1S12-Gov Hull of Michigan made un-
successful attempt to capture Fort
Maiden.
1S14-A British feet captured Eastport,
Maine.
1S15-Napoleon 1. surrendered to the
captain of the Bellerophon at Roche
fort.
1s26-Luther Martin, counsel for Aaron
Burr in the latter's trial for trea-
son, died.
1S32-Eirst steamboat arrived at Chi
cage. -. Henry NJ. Schoolcraft dis
covered the source of the Mississippi
river.
1S35-Liberty bell cracked while being
tolled in memory of Chief Justice
Marshall.
1S43 = Fremont's expedition sighted
Pixies Peak, Colorado.
1876 Commodore Sloat hoisted the
American flag at Monterey.
Restoration of the temporal power
of the Pope proclaimed.
1S56-United States Senate rejected bill
to admit Kansas as a free State....
British forces evacuated the Crimea.
at Cawnpore by Mana
Sahib.
lS63-Cincinnati proclaimed under mar
tial law. -. Indiana invaded by Gen.
Morgan's Confederate cavalry.
lS64-First organized national bank
opened in Philadelphia. +. .Rioting
of anti-draft mobs in New York
City.
lS65-Barnum's museum, at Ann street
and Broadway, New York, destroyed
by fire.
LS7S-British flag hoisted at Cyprus.
S2-Bombardment of Alexandria.
SS3-"Gen Tom Thumb" &C. H. STRAIT
toni, famous dwarf, died.
SS4-National Democratic convention
at Chicago nominated Grover Cleye-
land for President.
S90-The President signed the Wyom-
ing admission bill. {. /. The new Gro
ton aqueduct opened in New York
-. Idaho admitted to the Union. -.
Many lives lost by tornado in Min
nesota.
s91-Attempted assassination As s9 of PrIfi-
Free Silver Coinage bill
defeated in the House of Represent
atives. Ravachol. anarchist and
dynamiter, guillotined in Paris....
st. Johns, Newfoundland, nearly
destroyed by fire. An avalanche
from Mount Blanc destroyed villages
and 200 lives.
94-Constantinople shaken by eafth-
quake; over 1000 persons killed. -.
American Railway Union strike de-
clared off.
of the Pitezel children. 4
supposed to have been murdered by
II. II. Holmes, discovered at To-
ronto.
S9S-The Anglo-American League was
organized in London.
9o0-Gen. Porfrio Diaz reelected Pres
ident of Mexico.
302-Gen. Kitchener received an ova-
ton on his return to England from
South Africa