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Year.
1.Battle of the Nile.............1798
2. Close of 1st Session 13th Congress....1813
3.Columbus first Sailed for America....1492
4.Order by Pres. Lincoln for 300,000 men. .1862
5. First Atlantic Cable Landed........1858
6.Ar. of "Mother Ann" in N. Y. from Eng. .1774
7.War Department Established.......1789
8.Elbr'g. Gerry, U. S. Envoy in Fran. depts. 1798 9.Trty defin. bound. bet.U. S. and Brit. Am. 1842
16. Missouri Admitted as a State.......1821
11. Free Soil Nat. Con v. at Pittsburg, Pa...1852
12.Com. Hardy sails from Stonington,Conn. 1814 13.Great Earthquakes, last'g 3 d'ys, in Peru. 1868 14.Fort Oswego N. Y. taken by the French.. 1756
15.Fort Dearborn Massacre at Chicago....1812
16.Battle of Bennington............1777
17.Los Angeles, Cal., taken by U. S......1846
18. First Am. child born of Eng. Parents...1587
19.Peace of St. Ildefonso...........1796
86.Atlantic Sunk...............1852
81 .Slave Insurrection in S. Hampton, Va___1831
22.Gold Fields Discovered in Australia...1851
23. Fort Morgan Surrendered.........1864
24. Washington, D. C, Burned by British___1814
25. Montreal taken by the Iroquois.....1689
86. First American Pension Granted.....1776
27.Battleof Long Island...........1776
28.British Slavery Abolished.........1833
29.Haverhill, Mass., des. by Fren. and Ind's. 1708 30.Treaty of Peace bet. Dutch and Indians.. 1645 31. Martial Law Proclaimed by Fremont...1861
Day,
Year.
1. Great Earthquake in Lisbon........1755
S.Washington's Farewell to his Army...1783
3. Great Patent Granted to Plymouth Co___1620
4.Venetia Annex'd to Kingdom of Italy...1866
5. Gun-powder Plot Discovered........1605
6 .A. Lincoln First Elected President....1860
T.London Gazette, Oldest Living Journal. .1665
8.The Trent Affair..............1861
9.Battle of Piketon, Ky ...........1861
16.Louis Napoleon Banished to America...1836
11.Pilgrims Cast Anchor in Cape Cod Harb.1620
12.Panic in England.............1857
13.Remarkable Display of Shooting Stars.. 1833
14. First American Episcopal Ordained....1784
15.Explosion of Powder at Inkerman,Russia.l855
16.Capture of Fort Washington.......1776
17.First Meeting of Congress at Wash....1800
18. Cape of Good Hope Discovered......1497
19.1st Protestant Mis'n'ry Soc'y in New Eng.1644 20. War Declared Against Holland by G. B.. 1780 21.The Phoenix was Lost on Lake Michigan.1847
22. Grand Duke Alexis Arrives inWash'ton. .1871 23. Battle of Chattanooga, Tenn.......1863
24. Destructive Eruption of Vesuvius.....1759
25.New York Evacuated............1783
26. Treaty with Sardinia............1838
3T. Cracow declared a free Republic.....1815
28. Three hundred Africans landed in Ga...1858
39.Ohio admitted to the Union........1802
36.Peace Treaty bet. U. S. and Eng. signed. 1782
Day,
Year.
1. Napoleon III. Captured at Sedan.....1870
2.Treasury Department Established....1789
3. Definitive Treaty of Peace with G. B...1783
4.French Republic Proclaimed.......1870
5.Pacific Ocean Discovered by Balboa...1513
6.Great New York fire; Loss, $10,000,000.. 1839
T.Independence of Brazil..........1822
8. Loss of the steamer "Lady Elgin"....1860
9.California admitted to the Union.....1850
16.Perry's Battle on Lake Erie........1813
11.Battle of Brandywine...........1777
12.Hudson Discovers Hudson River.....1609
13.Capture of Quebec - Wolfe Slain.....1759
14.Salem, Mass., Founded ..........1628
15. Moscow Burned..............1812
16.First Overland Mail for California....1858
17.Battle of Antietam............1862
18. Washington Laid Corner Stone of Capitol. 1793
19.Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn.......1863
36.Paoli Massacre...............1777
31. Great Fire in New York..........1776
22.Post Office Department Established...1789
33. Andre Arrested...............1780
34.Battle of Monterey............1846
35.12th Amendm't to the Con. of U. S....1804
26. Battle of Silstria, Turkey.........1809
27. Steamer Arctic Lost............1854
28. Explos. of Str. Adelphia - 12 Lives Lost.. 1878
29. Great Auroral Display in U. S.......1859
36. Siege of Yorktown Begun........1781
Day.
Year.
1. Portugal Becomes Independent of Spain . .1640
3.Battle of Austerlitz............1805
3.Illinois Admitted to the Union.......1818
4.First Gen. Assembly in Pa. at Chester...1682
5.Ind. of U. S. Acknowledged in England___1782
6.Hayti Discovered by Columbus......1492
T.Delaware Ratifies the U. S. Constitution. .1787 8.Firein Santiago, S.A - 2,000 People Burn'd. 1863
9. S. A. Becomes Independent of Spain....1824
16.1st Pat. for Locomotive Steam Engine.. 1828
11. Washington's Army at Valley Forge...1777
12.Treaty with Brazil.............1828
13.Battle of Fredericksburg.........1862
14.Charleston, S. C, Evacuated by British.. 1782
15.Patent Office Burned at Wash., D. C....1836
16. Dreadful Earthquake at Naples, Italy...1857
17. Violent Bread Riots at Montreal, Can...1875
18. American Slavery Abolished........1865
19.Battle on the Black Water.........1861
20. South Carolina Secedes..........1860
31. The Pilgrims Landed............1620
33.Plymouth Settled.............1620
S3. Wash. Resigned his Military Commis...1783
24 .Tr'y of Peace Bet. U. S. and Eng. Sig'nd. 1814
25.Merry Christmas.............. 1
26.Expulsion of Tea Ships from Phila....1773
ST. First Negro Insurrection.........1522
28.Iowa Admitted...............1846
89.Terrible R. R. Accident at Ashtabula, O.. 1876 30. Banks Generally Susp'd Cash Payments.. 1861 31. Battle of Quebec..............1775
 
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