Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-11


lSeS-Earl of Douglas killed at the bat
tie of Otterbourne Northumberland
l46sGEdward ~. defeated the Lancas-
TRANS at Banbury,
15o4-Queen Mary Of England married
to Philip of Spain.
16oS-Coronation of James l. of Eng
land
l6o9-Battle between Champlain and the
Indians in Essex county, New York.
1657-The first Sulpjcians arrived in
Canada.
Enthusiastically purchased from the
Indians.
loS9-Forces of Villa III defeated by
adherents of James II. Of Killecran-
kie.
l766-Treaty of oswego, making peace
with Pontiac.
lila British and Colonial feet sailed
from Boston for the conquest of Can
ada.
1T22-New England colonies declared
war against the IndSans.
175S-Amherst and Wolfe captured
Louisburg.
lfo9-Crown Point abandoned by the
French on the approach of. the Brit
ish English took Ticonderoga from
the French.
lT62-Moro fort. at the entrance to Ha-
yanG hagbor, stormed by the English
uDler Admiral Pococke
ITO T,ho o;+,. .e C,.,..., 80
by an earthquake and the eruption of
volcano.
17S0-Rocky Mount, British post on
the Catawba, taken by the Ameri-
cans under Gen. Sumter
17S9-The department and secretary of
Foreign Affairs" created by act of
Congress, but changed to the depart
ment and secretary of state soon
after.
1S04-The American squadron began the
siege of Tripoli. . The New York
State Society of the Cincinnati de-
cided to erect monument to Alex
ander Hamilton.
1S06-Buenos Ayres takea by the Brit
ish.
1S1S-Duke of Richmond became Gov
ernor of Canada.
1S21-San Martin proclaimed the indie.
penGence of Peru.
1S2S-Gilbert Stuart, American portrait
painter, died in Boston. Born in
Narragansett, r. l., Dec. 3, 1865.
1S30-Charles X of France suspended
the liberty of the press.
1S33-Lsbon surrendered to Dom Pedro.
1S3S-Bolivian troops entered Lima.
1S52-Hudson river steamer Henry Clay
burned near Yonkers, with loss of 80
lives.
1S54-The cholera made its appearance
in the Massachusetts State prison at
Charlestown.
1S56-Robert Alexander Schumann, com
poser, died, Born June s, 1910.
1868 Territory of Alaska organized. -.
Military government ceased in Ar
kansas, North CAROLINA, South Caro-
lima, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia
and Florida.
1S70-Benjamin Nathan, a wealthy He
brew citizen of New York, found
murdered in his home the mystery
of the crime never solved.
1S77--Stntue of Richard Golden unveiled
ia Bradford, England.
1SS3-Capt. Matthew Webb drowned in
attempt to swim the Niagara whirl-
pool rapids.
1SS4-The Imperial Federation of Great
Britain and Her Colonies formed in
London.
18S9-Insurrection in Honolulu.
1S97-United States Congress passed the
Dingley tariff act.
1S9S-City of Ponce, Porto Rico. surren-
dered to the Americans. The Amer
lean troops advanced on Ynaco, Porto
Rico. :. Prince Karl Otto Won Bis
marck, German statesman died. Rex
April /, 1915. +. Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, totally destroyed by fire.
1S99-Gen. Heureaux, ex-president of
Hayti, assassinated by Ramon Ca
ceres. Final sitting Of the Peace
Conference Of The Hague Reel
procity treaty between France and
the United States signed.
1000-R Russians captured the forts at
Newchwang.
1901-Free trade between the United
States and Porto Rico proclaimed.
19OT-The foundation stone laid for the
Carnegie Palace Of Peace at The
Hague. i. !. Edmund w. Pettns. Unit
ed States Senator from Alabama,
died. Born July 6, 1921 .Japn