The Irish standard., 1914-01-24

Many important centennial anniver-
saries occur in 1914.
The year 1914 was crowded with
important events. A list of these
events has been compiled by the New
York Post. Among the most impor-
tant are the following:
January 31-The eminent Scotch
geologist, Sir Andrew Crombie Ram
say, .director-general of the Geologi-
cal Survey of the United Kingdom,
was born on this day, 1914.
February Birth of the great
Democrat, Samuel ]. Tilden, who, his
party still maintains, was elected
president of the United States in 1876.
February 24-The great artist, Hen
ry Kirke Brown, ranked by many as
the foremost American sculptor of his
period.
March 27-Battle of Great Horse.
shoe Bend, in which Gen. Andrew
Jackson defeated the Creek Indians.
March 31-Centenary of the sur.
render of Paris to the allies. The al.
lied armies had poured over all the
French frontiers, and Napoleon's eff.
forts to roll back the tide of invasion
had all been in vain.
April 11-Centenary of Napoleon's
abdication. AS his struggle against
the allies had become hopeless, his
trusted officers had deserted and be-
trayed him. He was forced to abdi-
cate and resign his imperial throne
April IL, 1914. The ancient house of
the Bourbons was reinstated in the
person of Louis XVIII.
April 12-Centenary of the noted
English philanthropist, Baroness Bur-
dett-Coutts, beloved by her country
men for the liberal manner in which
she spent her vast fortune in the en-
dowment of churches and charitable
institutions.
April 15-Our historian and diplo.
matist, John Lothrop Motley, minister
to Austria and Great Britain and au-
thor of 1.-THE Rise of the Dutch Repub.
lic."
April 23-The English scientist, Ed
win Ray Lancaster, anatomist and
zoologist.
April 29-Capture of the British
brig Epervier by our sloop-of-war Pea
cock off the coast of Florida, with
$11S,00O in specie.
June 8-The illustrious English nov
elist and playwright, Charles Reade.
The shrine at which the literary world
will do him homage on that date is
Ipsden House, Oxfordshire, his birth
place.
June 11-Our Unitarian divine and
author, Henry Whitney Bellows, we'll
remembered today as the president of
the United States Sanitary Commits
sion of the Civil war.
June 2S-The well-known English
poet and hymn writer, Father Fred
erick w. Faber, founder and superior
of the London Oratorians, whose con-
tributions to religious poetry are scat
tered profusely through our present
day hymnals.
June 2S-Capture of the British
sloop Reindeer by our sloop-of-war
Wasp in the British Channel.
July 1.-THE inventor, Samuel Colt,
who gave to the world the revolver
which bears his name.
July 25-The centenary of the To-
connective. On that date in 1914 the
first successful engine to carry a load
upon the rails made it's maiden trip
at Killingworth colliery, West Moor,
England. At last substitute for
horsepower traction was found and a
new era in transportation had it's
birth.
The inventor, George Stephenson,
was only thirty-three years old when
he effected his GROWING achievement
July 25-Centenary of the battle Of
Lundy's Lane. The exploit of the
American, Col. James Miller, in car
rying one of the British batteries was
considered one of the most brilliant
exploits in the war of 1912. Congress
voted him the thanks of the nation
and gold medal of honor as a re.
ward.
August 24-The centenary of the
burning of our Capitol and White
House by the British during our Sec
ond war with England. At the time
of the invasion of Washington by the
enemy the Capitol was still unfinished.
Only the two wings of the original
structure were standing, and they
were connected by a temporary bridge
made of rough boards spanning the
foundation of the rotunda. AS the
British soldiers approached they fired
several volleys into the windows and
the regiment marched into the hall of
the house of representatives, now
Statuary Hall, and also into the SEN
ate chamber, now the supreme court
of the United States.