The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-20
II HAPPENED IN JANUARY
Events of the Month That Have
Changed the Course of History.

Changed the Course of History.
When Juan Diaz de Soils, cruising
down along the coast of South Ameri-
ca, discovered a new port on Jan. 1,
1913. it was the height of tropic sum-
mer, and he named the port Rio jan
GIRO in honor of the day.
1t was on Jan. 10, 1884, that Vasco
Nunez de Balboa came back to the
little town of Darien after he had dis
covered the Pacific ocean.
On Jan. rs, 17sS, the first company
of English settlers sailed through sum
mer seas of Australia.
January has been rather an eventful
month for England in several different
ways. 1t was on Jan. Is, 1856, that
Henry VII, married the Princess Eliza
beth. daughter of Edward w, and so
ended the Wars of the Roses by joining
the houses of York and Lancaster.
1t was on a January day that Henry
VIII. married beautiful Anne Boleyn.
He died on Jan. 2s, 1547. Twelve
years later, on Jan. Is, 1863, his daugh-
ter Elizabeth was crowned queen.
Less than hundred years after
Elizabeth came TO the throne England
was to see for the first time in the
history of the world king beheaded
by his own subjects, for it was on Jan.
80, 1919, that Charles Stuart lost his
life.
For hundreds of years this day was
kept in fasting and mourning by Roy
alists all over the world. On the other
hand, says The American Boy, some
of the descendants of the Puritans kept
II as a feast day Many people still
living in this country remember eat
ing calfs head for dinner on Jan. 80.
though they do not always know why
it was done.
1t has been said that revolutions
always begin in summer, but by an
odd freak of destiny both of the kings
who have been victims of revolutions
met their fate in January, for
Louis XVI. of France was guillotined
on Jan. 81, 1898.
| In January, 1888. the last Charles
Stuart, Prince Charlie, who had landed
! in Scotland more than forty years be-
fore to fight CALAMITY to win back the
throne OF Great Britain, died exiled
and almost forgotten, an old man In
Rome
| In the days when speaking pieces
was part of the Friday afternoon pro-
gramme in every school many a boy
began solemnly to recite The Burial OF
| Sir John Moore, but very few OF them
| had any idea who the hero was OF
when his burial took place. He was
| in the British army in America before
| the end of the Revolution, he fought
against the Irish in 1898 and he was
killed fighting Napoleon in Spain III
| the battle OF Corunna, Jan. 16, 1909
| So it was on January night that his
| friends went through that weird cere-
mony and left him alone in his glory
a little more than 200 years ago, or
/ the last OF the Moguls of India
the last OF the Great Moguls Of India
Today his name is only a proverb. fol
people still say "as rich as the Great
! MoguI," but during his lifetime tbs
tales that were told of his thrones
crusted with precious stones. his treas
ure chambers full of gold and Ola.
rnonds, emeralds. rubies, sapphires
were not only wonderful but true.
The French jeweler Tavernier saw
and handled some OF these jewels ane
it is supposed that the Great Mogu
diamond was split an recut and tina
part of 1t is now the Koohinoor d
the British crown jewels. The Grea
Mogul ate from golden dishes ans
drank from q cup OF carved roel
crystal, and one of his thrones wal
completely covered with diamonds.
All through January IN 1852 Their.
was d great frost in England, and |
Il Is said that the Ice on the Thames wal
Ave feer thick. On Jan. ~. 1900. !
great storm swept over a part Of Eng.
land and blew down what WAS known