Alaska sentinel., 1908-01-02

~~Noo~o-oDo0oo~o-~o 171-Henry II. landed in Ireland and
 styled himself King of All Hibernia. 144S-Turks defeated the Hungarians at battle of Cossovo. 1520-Magellan discovered and entered
 the strait which bears his name. 154o-De Soto and his force engaged in battle with the Mobile Indians in Alabama.
 i5S2-The Gregorian calendar introduced. 1612-Champlain arrived in Canada to
 take up his work as governor of the
 country.
 163O-First general court in America
 held at Boston. 1631-Massachusett Puritans limited suffrage to members of the church. 166S-Jean Talon resigned his office as Intendant of New France. 16T5-Hatfeld, Mass. repulsed an at
 tack of Indians under King Philip. 690-Massachusetts invaders retired
 from before Quebec without making an attack. An English fleet from -hdSSdCuuSellS dlldChtu SutOeN. l692-British government took away William Penn's proprietary rights in
 Pennsylvania. 1710-Port Royal, S, C., captured by an
 English fleet. 1725-First issue of the New York Ga
 zette, first newspaper in that city. 1746--Bill introduced in the New York
 Assembly to raise money for the erec-
 tion of Columbia college. 1775-Town of Falmouth (Portland) Maine, burned. American troops captured Chambly, Quebec. .Pey-
 ton Randolph. first president of the - Continental Congress, died. i7I7-Americans repulsed British attack
 on Fort Mercer, Red Bank, x. J. 17S1-Lord CornwallIs surrendered at
 Yorktown, Va. l1SS-President Washington started on
 a tour of the Northern States. 1793-Marie Antoinette guillotined. 1S0O-Spain ceded the territory of
 Louisiana to France. 1S03-Congress assembled in extra ses-
 sion to act on the Louisiana Purchase
 treaty.
 1S05-Horatio Lord Nelson killed at the
 battle of Trafalgar. 1s12-American sloop Wasp defeated the
 British brig Frolic off the coast of Virginia.
 lS13-Napoleon defeated at the battle
 of Leipsic.
 1s26-The last State Lottery" drawing held in England. 1S2S-The Delaware and Chesapeake
 canal opened. 1S31-Arms' bill passed for the repres- sion of crime and insurrection In Ire land.
 1S34-British Parliament houses, West
 minister, destroyed by fire. 1S39-Charles Edward Poulett Thomson
 succeeded Sir John Colborne as gov
 ernor of Canada. 1S42-First submarine telegraph in Amer lea laid between Governors Island
 and New York. 1S45-Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, French
 tragedienne, born. 1S46-Nathan Clifford of Maine became
 Attorney General of United States. 1S49-Chopin, the great musical com
 poser, died in Paris. 52-Abd-el-Kaedir, deposed ruler of Al
 giers, released from his confinement
 by Louis Napoleon. 1S53-Filibusters, under Col. William Walker, sailed from San Francisco
 to establish a pro-slayery colony in
 lower California. 1S56-Seyen persons killed in panic in London while Mir. Sturgeon was
 preaching.
 1S59-Col. Robert F. Lee captured John Brown and his men at Harper'f Ferry.
 1S61-Col. Baker, friend of Lincoln, kill
 ed at battle of Balls Bluff. .Strat-
 ford-on-Avon purchased the birth
 place of Shakespeare. 1s63-Gen. Grant appointed to the com mand of the western armies. 1Se-Gen. Sheridan turned defeat into
 victory at Cedar Greek. 1S66-Austria evacuated Lombardy. 1S7c-Steamship Missouri burned at sea
 with loss of S7 lives. 1SS3-Cetewayo, king of the Zulus, sur
 rendered to the British. 1SS4-Mhrquis of Lansdowne sworn in
 as governor general of Canada. 1SS9-King Carlos of Portugal ascendsd
 the throne.
 1S92-worlds Columbian Exposition at Chicago formally dedicated. i9O4-Frederick Augustus III, ascended the throne of Saxony.