14 The Conservative.
1493 Columbus left Cadiz on
his huuond voyage with 17
vessels and 1,500 men.
1500-Phillp I of Spain died.
1513 Balboa discovered the
Pacific ocean and took pos
session in the name of
Spain.
IKJO-Thu Mai ouis of Spinola ,
famous Spanish commander - .
.
er , died. MAOiiONALii.
1775 Ethan Allen was captured by the British.
1704 Mrs. Felicia Dorothea Humans , author of
many gems in English poetry , was born in
Liverpool ; died 1835.
18-10 Marshal Macdonald , a general under Na
poleon and by him created Duke of Tarcn-
turn , died at Courcolles , France ; born 1705.
1857 British troops , under Generals Outram
and Havelock , relieved Lucknow and saved
the garrison by lighting their way into the
Briti-ih residency.
1870-Sicge of Paris begun.
IbWi Professor Sir George Murray Humphrey ,
author of noted medical works , died in
London ; born 1820.
September 30.
1750 Admiral Loid Collingwood born at Now
east lo-upon-Ty ne.
1820 Daniel Boone , pioneer hunter , founder
and defender of Kentucky , died in Mis
souri ; born in Pennsylvania 1735.
1842 Richard Colloy , Marquis Wclltvdoy ,
statesman and oldest brother of the Duke
of Wellington , died.
1873 Mrs. Clara Mundt ( Louisa Muhllmch ) ,
celebrated historical novelist of Germany ,
died ; born 1811.
1874 Right Rev. Henry Washington Lee , D. D. ,
LL. D. , died.
1804 Launt Thompson , noted American sculp
tor , died at Middletoxvn , N. Y. ; born I&j3.
1895 Hon. E. W. Bull , a prominent agricultur
ist , originator of the Concord grupo , diet1
in Concord , Mass. ; born 1807.
September 7 <
1100-Battlo of Tenchebrai ; de
feat and capture of Robert ,
duke of Normandy , eldest
son of William the Con
queror.
1001 Louia XHI of Franco
born ; died 1043.
17S2 Samuel Adams , patriot ,
born in Boston ; died there
1803.
1783-Don August in Iturbide ,
Mexican emperor , born
near Mordia ; executed 1824.AUM. .
1800 Raphael Semmes , Confederate admiral ,
commander of the cruiser Alabama , bom
in Charles City , Md. ; died in Mobile 1877.
1825 The Stockton and Darlington , first rail
road in the world , formally opened lor
passenger trufliu ; the cara were drawn by
horses.
1830-Genorul William Babcock Hazcn , Union
holdler , born in West Hartfoul , Vt. ; died
1887.
1870 General Braxton Bragg , noted in the
Mexican war and aa a Confederate army
commander , died in Philadelphia ; born in
North Carolina 1817.
1895 Professor Louis Pollens of Dartmouth ,
noted scholar in French and German , died
at Hanover ; born 1838.
1897 Hon. George M. Robeson , secretary of
the navy under Grant , died at Trenton ;
born 1831.
September 28.
490 B. C. Battle of Marathon ; remarkable
victory of 10.000 Greeks over moro than ten
times as many Persians.
855 The Emperor Lothairc died.
1742 Jean Baptiste Mussillon , celebrated
French preacher , died.
1805 General William Moultrio , noted South
Carolina patriot and Revolutionary soldier ,
died in Charleston ; born in England 17U7.
1859 Dr. Karl Rittcr , a distinguished geog
rapher , died at Berlin.
1870 Strassburg surrendered to the Germans ,
the French losing at every point.
1880 General Samuel D. Sturgis , a veteran of
the Mexican war and distinguished Federal
leader in the west , died at St. Paul ; born
at Shippensburg , Pa. , 1822.
1892 General John Pope , U. S. A. , retired ;
died at Sandusky , O. ; born 1821) ) . Pope was
a successful general in the southwest and
the hero of the capture of Inland No. 10 in
the Mississippi. Ills Virginia campaign of
18(12 ( was most disastrous.
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