Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-04-08
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l621--John Carver reelected governor
of Plymouth colony
l634-Lord Baltimore's first colony land
ed in Maryland.
163S-Rhode Island purchased from the
Indians for forty fathomS of beads
l655-Battle at Annapolis Md, between
Puritans and RoyaliSts.
l663-Alhemarlc Colony. North Carolina.
founded by emigrantS from Virginia
l694-Bank of England incorporated.
lIOS-Baron John Lovelace appointed
Governor of .>ew FORK
r744-LotterieS were authorized by law
in Massachusetts.
l1I5-Patrick Henry made his famous
speech at Richmond, Va. urging re-
Sistance to Englane.
1TI6-South Carolina adopted a consti-
tuition.
l1S3-Spain recognized the independence
of the United State~.
1I9O-Benjamin Franklin petitioned Con-
gress to abolish slavery
1I9S-Ireland declared TO be in a state
1T99-The New York Legislature passed
a law for the gradual abolition of
slavery in that State.
1S04-The navy yard and marine bar
racks at Washington established
1S14-Gen. jackson defeated the Creek
Indians at battle of Horseshoe Bend
49,. British repulsed an American
force under ten. Wilkinson at Lake
Cole, Lower Canada.
1S1J-Sloop-of- Hornet captured the
British warship Penguin off the Cape
of Good Hope.
1S1S-Corgress awarded a gold medal to
Gen. William Henry Harrison.
1S22-Territorial government established
in Florida.
1S25-The University of Virginia was
opened for students
1S3J-The Nashville Union" first APP
peared in Nashville.
1913 Sir Charles Metcalfe appointed
Governor of Canada
1S49-Charles Albert of Sardinia abdi-
Gated.
the wreck of the steamer Royal Ade-
laide off Margate. England.
1S54-Oakland. California, incorporated
a city.
1S55-Twenty-three lives LOST in the burn
ing of the steamer Bulletin near
Nicksburg. D.. The State prison at
Nashville, Tenn. destroyed by fire.
with Russia. The first street rail
way in New England, from Boston to
Cambridge. was opened
1S5S-Kansas State constitutional con.
vention met at Mineola, and adjourn
ed to Leavenw0rth.
1S61-First State Legislature of Kansas
met.
1S62-The Peninsula campaign began in
Virginia.
1868 National Theater, Boston. destroy
ed by fire.
1S64-Confederat force took Paducah,
Ky.
1S67-Booth's Winter Garden Theater in
New York destroyed by fire.
1S7O-A bill re-admitting Texas to rep
resentation in Congress was ap-
proved.
1872 issue of the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
1SS1-King Charles o. Roumania ascend
ed the throne.
1889 Eleven persons killed in a powder
explosion at Oakland, Cal =. Steam
er Golden Gate burned near Mem
pills. with loss of twenty lives.
1SS4-Rioters attacked and burned the
court house in Cincinnati. Twelve
persons killed by cyclone in Ken
lucky.
1SS5-Northwest rebellion in Canada be-
gan.
1SSS-Four thousand persons killed by
earthquake at Yunnan, China
1S91-Canadian Pacific Railway Com
pleted from Montreal TO Vancouver.
1S94-President Cleveland vetoed tho
Bland silver bill.
1S9J-Great fire in Milwaukee. involving
loss of S1.000.OvJ. st. James
Hotel in Denver burned. One hun
dred families made homeless by fire
in st. Augustine, Fla.
190O-Phletus Sawyer. ex- United States
Senator from Wisconsin, died.
19O3-Statue to William H. Gladstone
erected in Westminster Abbey. 80.
Revolutionary outbreaks in San Do
mingo and Nicaragua.
19O6-First session of the first Legisla-
ture Of Saskatchewan opened.
1907-Industria Peace Foundation or
ganized with Chief Justice Fuller az
President. The Russian Duma
adopted a resolution providing for
the abolition of urum-head courts
martial.
1908 Earthquake IN Southern Mexico
destroyed Chi.apa and several other
towns. United States Supreme
Court declared the railroad rate laws
of Minnesota and North Carolina
unconstitutional.