ANNIVERSARIES IN 1909.
The London " Observer " gives the following list of anniversaries to bo observed in 1909: — January 2.—Birthday of Wolfe, 150 th anniversary. of:his death, September 13. January 15. —150 th anniversary of the founding of the British Museum. .January 16.—100 th anniversary of tho battle of Corunna and death of Sir John Moore. ~ January' 19.—Edgar Allan Foe: Centenary. February 3.—Mendelssohn: Centenary. • February 12. —Darwin : Centenary. February 12.—Abraham' Lincoln: Centenary; March 31.—Fitzgerald: Centenary. : July 5-6.—Battle of Wagram (1809). , July 10.—100 th anniversary of birth of John Calvin. July 15.—Centenary of Proudhon, the famous Economist and Socialist. July 27-28. —Battle of Talavera (1809). : July 28.—John Stuart Blaikie: Centenary. August s.—Kinglake: Centenary. August G.—Tennyson : Centenary. August 29.—Oliver Wendell Holmes: Centenary. ■ September 11.—Battle of Malplaquet: Bicentenary. September 18.—Samuel Johnson: Bi-cen-tonary. November 30.—Mark Lemon (first editor of "Punch "): Centenary. December 29.—Gladstone: Centenary. Discovery of the Hudson Hiver in 1609.. Discovery of Lako Champlain in IGO9. Centenary of the ".Quarterly. Reviaw,"
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 448, 5 March 1909, Page 5
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