DAYS THAT HAVE GONE.
THE WEEK'S ANNIVERSARIES. Jan. 3L —Ben J orison bora, 1574. Guy Fawkes executed, 1606. Walter Savage Landor born, 1775. Schubert lx>rn, 1797. Great Eastern launched, 1868. C. 11. Bpurgeon died. 1892. Fok L—Archbishop Whately born, 1787. Bell Rock lighthouse completed, 1811. Leiupriero died, 1824. Nelson province founded, 1842. John Forster died, 1876. George Cruickshank died, 1878. Feb. Z. —llanuan More Uoioi, I'HO. Meeting ol fust Parliament of United Kmgdoni ol Great liritajn and Ireland, 1801. Monaco purchased, by i< ronch, 1861. Cold Coast ceded to Great Britain by Dutch, 18/2. Funeral ot Queen Victona, 190.1. Feb. i.—William I'itt resiyncU i'leimership, 1801. Montevideo captured, 1801'. Mendelssohn born, 1809. Kurraohee taken by British, 1839. Prussians bombarded and afterwards burned Missundo, 1871. First provision trains arrived after siege of Paris, 187 L Feb. 4.— George Herbert died, lbii. llarrifioii Ainsworth born, 1806. Asnantis deieatt** at Grtlansa, 1874. Colony of Fiji constituted, 1875. Thomas Garlyle died, 1881. H.M.S. New Zealand (battleship) launched at Portsmouth, 1904. Feb. s.—Sir Robert Peel born, 1788. Guadeloupe captui\u, loiU. Sir Hiram Maxim ./orn, 1840. Sir George Grey's second term as Governor of New Zealand
ended, 1868. Feb. 6.—Tasman discovered Fiji. 1643. Queen Anne born, 1665. Oharles II died, 1685. Sir Henry Irving born, 1338. Treaty of Waitangi signed, 1840. Australian Federation Enabling Act passed, 1895.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16295, 30 January 1915, Page 6
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