Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-02

i322-Edward III. defeated the Barons
at Boroughbridge.
l369-Peter of CASTLE defeated at Mon
tiel.
Stamford War OF the Roses).
1471-Edward ". of England returned
from exile.
l507-Cesar Borgia, son of Pope Alex
ander VI, assassinated.
1914 Bartholomew Legat burned at
Smithfeld for heresy.
1914 Charter granted Rhode Island
uniting it with Providence planta-
ton.
1860 The Long Parliament dissolved by
its own act
1744-The French and Indian war be-
gan in Canada.
1T5I-Admiral John Byng of the English
navy shot for failing to do his duty.
l7S0-Don Galvez, Spanish governor OF
New Orleans, captured Mobile from
the English.
17S1-Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
1S02-Congress reduced the army to the
peace establishment of 1796.
lS04-United States land offices estab-
lished at Kaskaskia, H., Vincennes,
Ind, and Detroit.
lS09-Gustavus Adolphus w., King OF
Sweden, dethroned; succeeded by
Charles XIII.
lS20-Maine admitted to the Union.
lS21-victor Emmanuel of Sardinia alb
dieated
tS23-John Jervis, Earl st. Vincent, one
of England's greatest admirals, died.
lS30-Yucatan declared itself indepen-
dent. Congress provided for a
boundary line between Louisiana and
Arkansas
S31-Parliamentary reform bill intro
duced in the British House of Com
mons.
lS43-The city of Victoria, B. c., found
ed by Gov. Douglas.
1914 John Y. Mason of Virginia became
Secretary of the Navy.
1854 England, France and Turkey
formed triple alliance against Russia.
1So6-Ferry boat between Philadelphia
and Camden sunk; 80 lives lost.
1S57-Railway suspension bridge be-
tween Toronto and Hamilton gS-->
way; II lives lost
1S5S-Orsini and Pietri gu'ilotined TO
attempted assassination of Napoleon
III.
1S61-Island No. 10 bombarded.
1S62-Commodore Dupont took posses
sion of Jacksonville, Fla. Gen.
Burnside attacked the Confederate
Notifications at New Berne, N. c.
1861 Unsuccessful attempt of Farra-
CUTS fleet to pass Confederate bat
teries at Port Hudson.
1S65-Battle of Averysborough, n C.
1S66--Georgia appropriated 100000 to
buy corn for the INDECENT poor of the
State.
1S71-First legislative assembly Of Prov
ince of Manitoba opened.
1S75-Archbishop McCloskey of New
York created a Cardinal. Gold dis
covered in Deadwood and Whitewood
gulches, South Dakota.
1S7S-England declared war on the
Kaffirs in South Africa.
1S79-Duke of Connaught married to
Princess Louise Mscgaret of Prussia.
1SS1-Alexander II. of Russia assassin
ated.
1SS4-Osman Digna's forces began their
retreat before the English army in
the Soudan. System of standard
time adopted throughout America.
First through train over Mexican
Central railroad.
1SS6-Gen Pope of United States army
retired after fifty years service.
1S91-New Orleans mob lynched eleven
Italians accused of murder of Chief
of Police Hennessy.
1S94-Bland coinage bill passed the Sem
ate.. British House of Commons
adopted resolution advising abolition
of the House Of Lords
1S95-Negroes killed in rongshoremen
riots at New Orleans. i. Illinois SUI
preme Court declared eight-hour law
for women invalid.
1S9S-Eleyen lives lost by the burning of
the Bowery mission lodging house In
New York.
1000 -Bloemfonten taken. President
Mckinley signed the Gold Standard
currency bill.
1904-United States Supreme Court de-
cided Northern Securities Company
was illegal.
19O6-Supreme Court decided witnesses
in antitrust proceedings cannot be
excused from testifying against their
corporations.