Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02

1G21-John Carver reelected governo.
of Plymouth colony.
1G34-Lord Baltimore's first colony land,
ed in Maryland.
1G3S-RhOde Island purchased from the
Indians for forty fathoms of beads.
1GoJ-Battlc at Annapolis, Md, between
Puritans and Royalists.
1663-Albemarlc Colony. North Carolina
founded by emigrants from Virginia
1694-Bank of England incorporated.
17OS-Baron John Lovelnce appointed
Governor of New York.
1744-Lotteries were authorized by law
in Massachusetts,.
177J-Patrick Henry made his famous
speech at Richmond, Va, urging re,
sistance to Englane.
1776-South Carolina adopted a consti
tuition.
1TS3-Spain recognized the independence
of the United States.
179O-Benjamin Franklin p~etitioned Con
grcss to abolish slavery.
179S-Ireland declared to be in a state
of rebellion.
/ I.JJ- III New ltIh Legislature ph3@''
a law for the gradual abolition OF
slavery in that State.
1SO4-The navy yard and marine bar
racks at Washington established.
1S14-Gen. Jackson defeated the Creek
Indians at battle of Horseshoe Bend
49,. British repulscd an American
force under Gen. Wilkinson at Lake
Collie. Lower Canada.
1S1J-Sloop-of-wnr Hornet captured til"
British warship Penguin off the Cape
of Good Hope.
1S1S-Congress awarded n gold medal to
Gen. William Henry Harrison.
1S22-Territorial government established
in Florida.
1S25-The University of Virginia was
opened for students.
1S31-The Nashville Union" first APP
peared in Nashville.
1S43-Sir Charles Metcalfe appointed
Governor of Canada.
1S49-Charles Albert of Sardinia abdi-
Gated.
1SjO-More than 400 persons persisted in
the wreck of the steamer Royal Ade-
laide off Margate, England.
1S14-Oakland, California, incorporated
a city.
1S55-Twenty-three lives lost in the burn
ing of the steamer Bulletin neal
Nicksburg. The State prison at
Nashville, Tenn, destroyed by fire.
1S56-England signed peace preliminaries
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 L~eavenworth.
1S61-First State Legislature of Kansas
met.
1S62-The Peninsula campaign began in
Virginia.
1S63-National Theater, Boston. destroy
ed by fire.
1S64-Confedcrate 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 APP
proved.
1S72-First issue of the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
1SS1-King Charles Of Roumania ascend
ed the throne.
1SS2-Eleven persons killed in a powder
explosion at Oakland. Cal. -. Steam
er Golden Gate burned near Mem
phis, with loss of twenty lives.
1SS4-Rioters attacked and burned the
court house in Cincinnati. Twelve
o,, 1-;11oI hr rra11nn in Kan
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 the
Bland silver bill.
1S95-Great fire in Milwaukee, involving
a loss of 81. NOO,Ovo....S James
Hotel in Denver burned. One hun
dred families made homeless by fire
in st. Augustine. Fla.
19OO-Philetus Sawyer. ex-United States
Senator from Wisconsin,. died.
19O3-Statue to William Is. Gladstone
erected in Westminster .Abbey....
Revolutionary outbreaks in San Do
mingo and Nicaragua.
l9O6-First session of the first Legisla.
ture of Saskatchewan opened.
l0O7-Industrial Peace Foundation or
ganized with Chief Justice Fuller as
President. The Russian nums
adopted a resolution providing fol
the abolition of urum-head courts
martial.
19OS-Eartnquake in Southern Mexico
destroyed Chilapa and several Other
towns.... United States Supreme
Court declared the railroad rate law:
of Minnesota and North Carolins
unconstitutional.