The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-25
TT HAPPENED IN JANUARY.
Events OF the Month That Have
Changed the Course of History.

1, 1913, II was the height of a tropic
summer, and he named the port Rio
Janeiro in honor of the day.
1t was on January 10, 1884, that
Vasco Nunez de Balboa came back to
the little town of Darien after he had
discovered the Pacific coast.
On January rs. 1888. the first com
pany ot English settlers sailed
through summer seas to Australia.
January has been rather an event
full month for England In several
different ways. 1t was on January 1S,
1886, that Henry VII. married the
Princess Elizabeth, daughter Of Ed
ward w., and so ended the Wars Of
the Roses by joining the houses Of
York and Lancaster.
1t was on January day that Henry
VII. married beautiful Anne Boleyn.
He died on January 2S, 1547. Twelve
years later. on January is. 1859, his
daughter Elizabeth was crowned
queen.
Less than a hundred years after
| Elizabeth came to the throne Eng
land was to see for the first time in
the history Of the world king be-
headed by his own subjects, for 1t
was m January so, 1s4s, that Charles
Stuart lost his life.
For hundreds Of years this day was
kept In fasting and mourning by
Royalists all over the world. On the
other hand. says the American Boy.
some Of the descendants Of the Puri-
tans kept 1t as n feast day. Many
people still living In this country re-
member eating calf's head for din
ner on January 80, though they do
not always know why 1t was done.
1t has been said that revolutions
always begin in summer, but by an
! odd freak of destiny both the kings
who have been victims Of revolutions
met their fate in January, for Louis
XVI. of France was guillotined on the
21st of January. 1898.
In January, 1888. the last Charles
Stuart Prince Charlie. who had land
ed in Scotland more than forty years
before to fight gallantly to win back
the throne of Great Britain, died ex-
lied 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 1.-THE Burial
Of Sir John Moore" but very few of
them had any idea who the hero Was
or 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 at the battle Of Corunna, jan
uary 16, 1909. So 1t was on a jan
| uary night that his friends went
through that weird ceremony and
left him alone in his glory"
A little more than 200 years ago. on
| January 81, 1907, the Great Mogul
| died. the last OF the Moguls Of In
dia. Today his name Is only a prov
erb. for people still say "as rich as
the Great Mogul," but during his life
time the tales that were told of his
thrones crusted with precious stones.
his treasure chambers full of gold
| and diamonds. emeralds, rubies, sap
phires, were not only wonderful but
true.
The French jeweler Tavernier saw
and handled some OF these jewels and
! IL Is supposed that the Great Mogul
diamond was split and recut and that
part OF II Is now the Kohinoor of the
British crown jewel. The Great Mo-
gul ate from golden dishes and drank
! from cup of carved crystal and
one OF his thrones was completely
covered with diamonds.
All through January In 1852 there
was great frost in England, and it
Is said that the ice on the Thames was
five feet thick. On January q, 1900,
grea. storm swept over a part Of
! England and blew down what was
known as King Johns Castle at Old
Ford. near Bow.
The union OF Great Britain and Ire
land took place on January Z, 1900,
and we probably owe to this a great
part Of the early Irish population of
the United States, since many patriot
ic Irishmen rather than yield to the
hated power Of England betook them
selves to America. On January 13,
1S47. the Young Ireland party form