The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-12

American author and tEeoIogian; died
February 10, 1928.
1672-Treaty of alliance between
England and France, against the
Dutch, signed.
17S3-The state of Georgia first set
tied at Savannah.
1746-Birth of Thaddeus Koscius-
ko, the Polish patriot and general.
died October Il. 1917.
1763-Death of p. c. De c. De
Marivaux. the French novelist ana
dramatist; born February 4, 1858.
176S-Birth of Francis II, emperor
of Germany. which title he resigned
in 1906, having assumed the title Of
emperor of Austria In 1904; died
March =, 1895.
t777-Birth of F. II. K. De La Motto
Fouque, the German poet and novel
list: died January 30. 1913.
177S-Connecticut ratified the Ar
ticles of Confederation.
17SI-Birth of Lord st. Leonards.
lord chancellor of England; died jan
uary %, 1875.
17sS-Birth of Karl Won Reichen-
back, the German scientist and tech
nologist; died January 10. 1869.
1791-Birth of Peter Cooper. the
American philanthropist; died April,
1884.
1792-Birth of Karl Ernst voI.
Baer, the Russian naturalist; died
November 20, 1876.
1793-The first fugitive slave law
passed by the United States congress.
1798-Death of Stanislaus H. ex-
king of Poland; born January II.
1892
1799-Death of Lazaro SpaIIanzani,
the Italian anatomist and naturalist
born January ,. 1929.
1SO1-Birth OF Saint-Marc Girardin,
the French hnr 1ie.f.
died April II, 1878.
1S04-Death of Emmanuel Kant. the
German philosopher; born April %,
1904.
1SO9-Birth OF Abraham Lincoln,
who was president of the United
April Is, 1865.
Birth of Charles Darwin, the Eng
lish scientist, the greatest naturalist
of the nineteenth century; died April
10. 1882.
1812-Birth of Benson J. Losing,
the American author; died June 5.
1S13-Birth of James Dwight Dana.
the American mineralogist; died
April Il. 1895.
The Spanish lnquisition abolished
by the Cortes of Spain.
1St5-Birth of Edward Forbes. the
English naturalist; died November
Is. 1854
1S17-Battle of .Chacabuco. Chilli,
the Chilians under General San Mar
tin defeated the Spaniards.
1S2S-Birth OF George Meredith
the English poet and novelist; died
1S34-Death of F. D. Schleier-
macher, the German theologian and
philosopher: born November 81. 17GS
1S31-Death of Ludwig Borne, the
I German author and satirist; born May
G. 17S6.
1S41-Death OF Sir Ashley Cooper
the English surgeon; born August %
! 1893.
/ 1S51-Gold discovered in AustraIis
by Edmund Hargraves.
/ 1S60-Death OF Sir William F. P
Napier, the greatest of British mill
tary historians; born Dec. II, 1885
/ 1S71-Death of Alice Cary. thu
American authorizes; born April 20
1920.
The first National Assembly of tn
French Republic met at Bordeaux
France.
1S7s-The new American coinag
bill became a law, by which the gol
dollar was declared the unit valu
of the United States. and the furthe
coinage of the standard silver dolla
was discontinued
1S77-Prof. Alexander Graham Bel
exhibited his telephone at Salem
1S7S-Death of Alexander Duff, tn
Scottish preacher and missionary
born April %. 1906.
1Ss6-Death of Horatio Seymour
the American statesman; born Ma
81, 1910.
1SS9-Death of John Call DaIto1
the American Psychologist: born Eel
ruary ?. 1925.
1S99-The cornerstone laid of tn
reservoir dam at the top of the frs
Nile cataract at Assouan, Egypt
1901-Death of Ramon de Cam
poamer. the Spanish poet, philosopher
and statesman; born Sept. "a. 1917.
1902-Death of the Marquis of Dui
ferin the British statesman; born Jun
"a, 1926.
190S-The New York to Paris Auto
mobile race started from the Time
Square. New York city. finished in i
days. and won by the Thomas FIVE
1915-Death of James Creelmal
the American author and Journalist
born November IL. 1859.