The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-02-28

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13322-Bavarians defeated the Austrians
at Muhldorf.
1396-Turks defeated the Christians at
Nicopolis. =
1459-Yorkists victorious at Bloreheath.
(War of the Roses(
S493-Columbus sailed from Cadiz on
his second expedition to America.
1513-Balboa discovered the Pacific
l565-Menedez, the Spanish conqueror
of Florida, murdered 200 ship
wrecked French.
1597-City Of Amiens taken by Spanish
and English.
1630-Death Of Ambrosia, Marquis of
Spinola, the great Spanish captain.
1664-The French in America made their
first treaty with the Iroquois In
dians.
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paper printed in America, issued at
Boston.
t692-Martha Cory hanged at Salem,
Mass, for witchcraft.
1732-First tissue of The Rhode Island
Gazette.
1743-Gov. Clinton dissolved the New
York Legislature.
1759-The TiIbury wrecked off st. Es-
prit, Cape Breton, with loss Of 700
lives. :. Military force from Caro-
lima attacked the Cherokees in Ten
nessee and destroyed many Of their
towns.
1763-Montagu Wilmot succeeded Jona-
than Belcher as Lieutenant Governor
of Nova Scotia.
1774-Massachuset Legislature dis
solved by the royalist governor.
1775- The Americans made an unsuc-
cessful attack on Montreal. y
1879 Savannah, Ga, besieged by the
French fleet and a part Of the
Southern army John Jay chosen
as the American commissioner to
Spain. Paul Jones, with the Bon
homme Richard, defeated the British
frigate Scraps off the coast Of Scot
land. ,.~@.
178O-Major Andre, who plotted with
Benedict Arnold for the betrayal Of
West Point, captured near Tarry-
town. Benedict Arnold fed to the
British sloop Vulture.
17s1-Washington's army and the
French allies arrived at Yorktown
and began the siege.
1789-Thomas Jefferson Of Virginia be-
came Secretary of State.
Acknowledgements victory at Assaye.
1sO4-The remodeling OF the White
House at Washington was started.
1s13-Gen. William Henry Harrison In
vaded Canada from Detroit.
1814-Jam es Monroe of Virginia became
acting Secretary Of War.
1815-1he Holy Alliance ratified at
Paris.
1829-Thirteenth amendment to the Con-
stituton Of the United States ratified
by a two-thirds vote. "A mill for
cleaning rice was invented by Raw
enel of South Carolina.
1831-Anti- Masons nominated national
ticket at Baltimore.
1843-Fremont's expedition reached the
Columbia river, in Oregon.
1846-The planet Neptune discovered. -.
Monterey, Mexico, surrendered to the
+ Americans
1a54-Russians closed the harbor Of
Sevastopol by sinking ships in the
entrance. :. =. Allies advanced upon
~ Balaklava. Over 300 lives lost by
collision of a British steamer and o
French bark near Cape Race.
1see-sBlack Friday" financial panic as
result of attempt to corner gold.
1S71-Joint high commission organized
at Washington to adjust private
claims against Great Britain and the
United States growing out of the
Civil War.
1874-Typhoon at Hongkong resulted in
loss of over 1000 lives.
Institutional fast day appointed Tor
the death Of President Garfield.
1SS4-Mormon colony In Wilson county,
Tenn, ordered by regulators to leave
the State.
1S92-Nancy Hanks trotted a mile In
2:O4 at Terre Haute, Ind.
1S95-Alleged Cuban filibusters acquit.
ted by jury at Wilmington, Del.
1898-Chle and Argentina agreed to
submit their boundary dispute to ar.
bitration.
1G04-Don Jose Pardo proclaimed Presi.
dent of Peru.