B. C.

1183 Fall of Troy.

1082 Era of the Great Pyramid.

878 Carthage founded.

776 Olympic Era began. 753 Foundation of Rome.

MEMORABLE DATES.

1A. D.

A. D.

1714 Accession of House of Hanover, Aug.1 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3.
1715 First Jacobite Rebellion in Great 1865 Lee surrendered at Appomattox,
Britain; the second in 1745.
1790 South Sea Babble.
1745 Battle of Fontenoy, April 30.

588 Jerusalem taken by Nebuchadnezzar. 1756 Black Hole Suffocation in Calcutta,
536 Restoration of the Jews under Cyrus.
509 Expulsion of Tarquins from tome.
480 Xerxes defeated Greeks at Ther-1765 Stamp Act enacted."
mopyla.

1757 Clive won Battle of Plassey in India.
1759 Canada was taken from the French.

55 Cesar conquered Britain.

4 Birth of Jesus Christ.

A. D.

29 The Crucifixion.

70 Jerusalem was destroyed by Titus. 313 Constantine converted toChristianity 410 The Romans abandoned Britain. 827 Egbert, first king of England, Oct.14. 1066 Battle of Hastings, Norman Conquest 1036 The Crusades began.

1172 Ireland was conquered by Henry II. 1215 King John granted Magna Charta, June 15.

1965 First Representative Parliament in England.

1773 Steam engine perfected by Watt.
1773 Tea destroyed in Boston

Dec. 16.

April 9.

1865 Pres. Lincoln assassinated, April 14,
1867 Maximilian of Mexico executed.
1867 The Dominion of Canada established
1869 Financial Black Friday” in N. Y.,
Sept 24.

1870 Franco- German War began, July 19.
1870 French capitulated at Sedan, Sept. 1.
Harbor, 1870 Rome became the capital of Italy.
1871 The German Empire re-established.
1871 The Irish Church was disestablished.
1871 The great fire in Chicago, Oct. 8-11.
4. 1872 The great fire in Boston Nov. 9.
1876 Prof. Bell perfected the telephone.
1876 Centennial Exposit'r at Philadelphia
President Garfield shot, July 2.
Tuberculosis

1775 Battle of Lexington. April 19.
1775 Battle of Bunker Ifill, June 17.
1776 Declaration of Independence, July
1777 Burgoyne's surrender, Oct. 17.
1779 Capt. Cook was killed, Feb. 14.
1781 Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, 1881
Oct. 19.
1882
1788 First settlement in Australia, Jan. 26.
1789 The French Revolution began July 14 1886
1789 Washington first inaug'ted President 1888
1793 Cotton-gin invented by Whitney.
1793 Louis XVI. of France executed, Jan.21
1796 Vaccination discovered by Jenner. 1859
1798 The Irish Rebellion.

1889

1893

1799 Bonaparte declared First Consal. 1894
1801 Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1895
1896

Jau. 1.

1899

1415 Battle of Agincourt, Oct. 25.
1431 Joan of Arc was burnt, May 30.
1453 Constantinople taken by the Turks.
1455 The Wars of the Roses began.
1439 The Bible was first printed at Mentz. 1803 Louisiana purchased from the French
1471 Caxton set up his printing press. 1804 Bonaparte became Emperor of France 1897
1492 Columbus discovered America, Oct.12 1805 Battle of Trafalgar; death of Nelson. 1898
1517 The Reformation began in Germany. 1807 Fulton's first steamboat voyage.
1519 Cortez began the conquest of Mexico. 1812 Second war with Great Britain.
1535 The first English Bible printed. 1812 The French expedition to Moscow.
1539 Monasteries were closed in England.
1558 Accession of Queen Elizabeth, Nov.17
1565 Revolt of the Netherlands began.
1565 St. Augustine, Fis., settled.
1572 The St.Bartholomew Massacre, Aug.24
1588 The Spanish Armada defeated, July.
1603 Union of England and Scotland.
1605 The Gunpowder l'lot in England.
1607 Jamestown, Va., was settled.
1609 Hudson River first explored.
1616 Shakespeare died, April 23.

1618 Thirty Years' War in Germany began.

⚫ 1620 Pilgrims by the Mayflower landed. 1623 Manhattan Island settled."

1813 Perry's victory on Lake Erie, Sept.10.
1814 The printing machine invented.
1814 Scott's" Waverley" published
1815 Battle of New Orleans, Jan 8.
1815 Battle of Waterloo, June 18.
1819 First steamship crossed the Atlantic.
1823 Monroe Doctrine declared, Dec. 2.
1828 First passenger_railroad in U. S.
1830 Revolution in France, Orleanist suc-
cession.

germ discovered by

Dr. Ko h.
Charleston, S.C., Earthquake, Ang.31.
Great Blizzard in Eastern part of
U. S., March 11-14.
Brazil became a Republic.
Johnstown, l'a., flood, May 31.
World's Fair at Chicago
Chinese-Japanese War began.
Cuban Revolution began Feb. 90.
"Greater New York" bill signed
May 11.

The Turkish-Greek War.
The Spanish-American War,
Universal l'eace Conference.
1899 The South African War began.
1900 Boxer Insurrection in China.
1900 Hoboken decks' fire, June 30.
1900 The Galv eston tornado, Sept. 8.
1901 Death of Queen Victoria.
1901 Assassination of President McKinley
1902 Martinique destroyed by volcano
1903 Republic of l'anama established.
1904 The Great Fire in Baltimore, Feb. 7.
1904 The Russo-Japanese War began.
1904 Steamboat General Slocum burned,
June 15.

1906

1835 Morse invented the telegraph.
1835 Seminole War in Florida began.
1837 Accession of Queen Victoria, June 20 1908
1815 Texas annexed.

1634 Maryland settled by Roman Catholics 1846 Sewing machine completed by Howe.
1636 Rhode Island settled by Roger 1846 The Irish Potato Famine.

Williams.

1848 British Corn laws repealed, June 26. 1910
1640 Cromwell's Long Parliament assem-1846 War with Mexico began,
bled.
1848 French Revolution. Republic suc- 1911
ceeded.

1649 Charles I, was beheaded, Jan. 30.
1653 Cromwell became Lord Protector. 1848 Gold discovered In California, Sept.
1660 Restoration of the Stuarts.
1851 Gold discovered in Australia, Feb. 19
1664 New York conquered from the Dutch. 1851 First InternationalExhibit'n, London
1664 The great plague of London.
1852 Louis Napoleon became Emperor.

1666 The great fire of London began Sept.2. 1853 Crimean War began.
1679 Habeas Corpus Act passed in Eng-1954 Japan ope net by Commodore Perry.
land.
1857 The Great Mutiny in India.
1682 Pennsylvania settled by Wm. Penn. 1857 The Dred Scott decision.
1685 Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
1688 James II. abdicated, Dec. 11.
1690 Battle of the Boyne, July 1.
1690 First newspaper in America;
Boston.

1857 First Atlantic cable message, Aug. 4.
1859 John Brown's raid into Virginia.
1860 South Carolina seceded, Dec. 20.
at 1861 Emancipation of the Russian serfs.
1863 Lincoln's Emancipation Proclama-
tion, Jan. 1.

1704 Gibraltar was taken by the English. 1713 Peace of Utrecht, April 11.

1912

1913 Ohio and Indiana floods, March 25-27.
1913 Rebellion in Mexico.

1913 Parcel Post System in U. 8., Jan. 1.
1914 General European war.
1914 Panama Canal opened Aug. 15.
1914 City of Mexico invésted by the Con-
sti tutionalists.

1914 Cape Cod Canal opened.
1914 8.S. Empress of Ireland sunk, May99.
1914 Great fire in Salem, June 25,
1914 Japan dec'd war on Germany, Aug.23.
1914 Austria dec'd war on Japan, Aug.25.

THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY ERA.

In September, 1793, the convention decreed that the common era should be abolished in all civil affairs, and that the new French era should begin on September 22, 1792, the day of the true autumnal equinox, and that each succeeding year should begin at the midnight of the day on which the true antumnal equinox falls. The year was divided into twelve months of thirty days each. In ordinary years there were five extra days, from the 17th to the 21st of our September, and at the end of every fourth year was a sixth complimentary day. This reckoning was first used on November 29, 1793, and was continned until December 31, 1805, when it was discontinued, and the Gregorian calendar, used throughout the rest of Europe, was resumed. The following were the dates for the year 1801, the last complete year of this style of reckoning: Vendemiaire (Vintage), September 23 to October 22. Brumaire (Foggy), October 23 to November 22.

The months were divided into three decades of ten days each, but to make up the 365 five were added at the end of September: Primidi, dedicated to Virtue; Duodi, to Genfus; Tridi, to Labor; Quartidi, to Opinion, and Quintidi, to Rewards. To Leap Year, called Olympic, a sixth day, September 22 or 23, Sextidi," the day of the Revolution," was added.

To each tenth day, thirty-six in all, were assigned thirty-six "Fetes Decadaires," decreed by the National Convention on the eighteenth Prairial, in honor of the Supreme Being and Nature, the Human Race, the French People, Benefactors of Humanity, Martyrs for Liberty, Liberty and Equality, the Republic, Liberty of the World, Love of Country, Hatred of Tyrants and Traitors, Truth, Justice, Modesty, Glory and Immortality, Friendship, Frugality, Courage, Good Faith, Heroism, DisinInterestedness, Stoicism, Love, Conjugal Fidelity, Paternal Love, Maternal Tenderness, Filial Piety, Infancy, Childhood, Manhood, Old Age, Sickness, Agriculture, Industry, Our Ancestors, Our Posterity, Goodness.

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ANNIVERSARIES.

DATES OF HISTORICAL EVENTS CUSTOMARILY OR OCCASIONALLY OBSERVED.

1. Emancipation Proclamation by Lincoln, | July 1-3. Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. 1863.

READY-REFERENCE CALENDAR FOR 200 YEARS.

For ascertaining any Day of the Week for any given Time within Two Hundred Years from the introduction of the New Style, 1752,* to 1952 inclusive.

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2Saturday

NOTE. To ascertain any day of the week, first look in the table for the year required, and under the months are figures which refer to the corresponding figures at the head of the columns of days below. For Example:-To know on what day of the week July 4. 1915, will fall, look in the table of years for 1915. and in a parallel line under July is figure 4, which directs to column 4, in which it will be seen that July 4 falls on Sunday.

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