DAYS THAT HAVE GONE.
THE WEEK'S ANNIVERSARIES. May 30.—Jerome of Prague burned, 1416. Peter the Great born, 1672. Peter Paul Rubens died, 1840. Biehop Selwyn reached New Zealand, 1842. Queen Victoria shot at, 1842. Austrians defeated at Palaestro, 1859. Wei-Hai-Wei occupied by Britain, 1898. May 31.—Alexander Cruden born, 1701. Haydn died, 1809. Canton taken by British, 1841. Peace signed at Pretoria, 1902. Marnago of King Alfonso and Princess Ena, 1906.
Juno 1. —Robert Oecil, Earl of Salisbury, born, 1560. Battle of Drumekjg, 1679. Shannon and Chesapeake action,1813. Melbourne founded, 1837. Sir David Wilkio died, 1841. Prince Louis Napoleon killed bv Zulus, 1879. Victof Hugo died, 1885. French_ flag hoisted on New Hebrides, 1886. Formosa annexed by Japan, 1895. June 2.—Earl of Morton beheaded, 1581. John Sobieski born, 1624. Blake defeated Van Tromp, 1653. Garibaldi died, 1882. Sir Redvere Buller died, 1908. June 3. First female convicts arrived in Sydney, 1790. King George V. born, 1865. German Emperor inaugurated Kiel Omal, 1887.
Australian Federation carried by Tasmania, South Australia, and Victoria, 1898. Santiago Harbour blocked by U.S. Navy, 1898. Samuel Plimsoll died, 1898.
J-une 4. Lord Robert Dudley married Amy Robsart, 1550. Lord Wolseley born, 1833. Mexico declared war with U.S., Battle of Magenta, 1859. Abdul Aziz, Ex-Sultan of Taricey committed suicide, 1876. June. s.—Socrates born, b.a 469. Adam Smith born, 1723. Austria declared war on Goals. 1348.. '
Peace concluded between Egypt and Abysinia, 1877.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16396, 29 May 1915, Page 6
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