Date. Day of Notable Anniversaries in March. I Th'rsday Annexation of Texas, 1845. 2 Friday Alabama admitted into the Union, 1819. Washington Territory created, 1853. 3 Sat'rday First Legislature of Vermont met, 1778. Iowa admitted into the Union, 1845. Florida admitted, 1849. 4 SUNDAY The second (or "Independence") Congress adjourned finally, 1789. 5 Monday Citizens of Boston shot down by English soldiers in State street, 1772. 6 Tuesday Most Rev. John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam, born, 1788. 7W'd'sday The Press, United Irish organ, seized, and office destroyed by government, 1796. 8 Th'rsday King William III, died, 1701. 9 Friday Battle in Hampton Roads, between the Monitor and Merrimack, 1862. Great fire in New York, 1741. IO Sat'rday Emancipation Bill first read in House of Commons, 1829. II SUNDAY The "Irish Volunteers" suppressed by proclamation, 1793. 12 Monday King James landed at Kinsale, 1688. United Irish Delegates arrested in Dublin, 1798. 13 Tuesday Oregon admitted into the Union, 1859. 14 W'd'sday Six thousand French entered Kinsale, 1689. 15 Th'rsday The American Army of the Revolution disbanded at Newburgh, N. Y., 1783. Maine admitted into the Union, 1820. 16 Friday Military Academy founded at West Point, on the Husdon River, 1802. 17 Sat'rday St. Patrick's Day. ST. PATRICK died, 464. The British army driven out of Boston, 1776. 18 SUNDAY PASSION SUNDAY. King John granted a charter to Dublin, 1207. 19 Monday Monster Repeal Meeting at Trim, 1843. 20 Tuesday John Mitchel died, at Dromalane, near Newry, 1875. 21 W'd'sday First newspaper published in Dublin, 1685. 22 Th'rsday American Stamp Act passed in English Parliament, 1765. 23 Friday O'Connell presented a petition against the Union in the House of Commons, 1844. 24 Sat'rday American Independence acknowledged by Spain, 1782. 25 SUNDAY PALM SUNDAY. ANNUNCIATION B. V. M. First Mass celebrated in Maryland, 1634. Hudson River discovered, 1690. 26 Monday First "Irish Volunteer" Company enrolled, 1778. 27 Tuesday Florida discovered, 1512. John Hogan, the Irish sculptor, died, 1858. 28 W'd'sday The American ship-of-war Jamestown, sailed from Boston with provisions for the starving Irish, 1847. 29 Th'rsday John Martin died in Newry, 1875. 30 Friday Alaska purchased by the United States from Russia, for $7,000,000, 1867. 31 Sat'rday Peter O'Neill Crowley, shot in Kilclooney Wood, 1867. Third Quarter New Moon. 13 o 54 eve. Full Moon. First Quarter.. I 6 eve. 5 11 46 mor. 11 34 mor. 11 22 mor. 11 10 mor. 10 40 mor. 27 11 52 mor. 11 40 mor.11 28 mor. 11 2 17 eve. o noon 16 mor. 10 46 mor. I 47 eve. 2 29 eve. o 42 eve. o 30 eve. Date, Day of Notable Anniversaries in April. ISUNDAY EASTER SUNDAY. The "Ashburton Treaty," settling the Northwestern boundary question, signed, 1842. 2 Monday United States mint established at Philadelphia, 1792. 3 Tuesday First Baptism by St. Patrick in Ireland, 433. W'd'sday Oliver Goldsmith died, 1774. 5 Th'rsday Battle of Cappoquin, 1645. 6 Friday First Congress under the Constitution assembled at New York, 1789. 7 Sat'rday Treason-Felony Bill introduced by Sir G. Gray, 1848. 8 SUNDAY Special Commission for Trial of Fenian Prisoners opened in Dublin, 1867. 9 Monday Thomas Addis Emmet imprisoned at Fort George, 1798. 10 Tuesday Large fire at Pittsburg, 1845. II W'd'sday Right Rev. Bishop England, a native of Cork, died at Charleston, S. C., 1842. 12 Th'rsday Attack on Fort Sumter, 1861. 13 Friday Battle of Bound Brook, N, J., 1777. 14 Sat'rday President Lincoln assassinated, 1865. 15 SUNDAY Essex landed with 20,000 men at Dublin, 1590. Repeal Association founded in the Corn Exchange, Dublin, 1840. 16 Monday Declaration of Irish Rights," moved by Henry Grattan in the Irish House of Commons, and carried unanimously, 1782. 17 Tuesday Benjamin Franklin died, 1790. Destructive fire in Charleston, S. C., 1838. 18 W'd'sday American Independence acknowledged by Holland, 1782. 19 Th'rsday Battle of Lexington, 1775. Indiana admitted into the Union, 1816. 20 Friday Siege of Derry commenced, 1689. Siege 21 Sat'rday Death of David Rothe, the celebrated Bishop of Ossory, 1650. 22 SUNDAY Repeal question introduced into the House of Commons by O'Connell, 1834. 23 Monday Battle of Clontarf, 1014. 24 Tuesday War between the United States and Mexico begun, 1846. 25 W'd'sday Thomas Addis Emmet born, 1764. Daniel Maclise, the painter, died, 1870. Battle of Petersburgh, Va., 1781. 26 Th'rsday Attainder of the Earl of Desmond and his followers, 27 Friday 1586. Carolan, the Irish harper, died, 1738. Battle of Ridgefield, 28 Sat'rday Maryland accepted the Constitution, 1788. Louisiana admitted into the Union, 1812. 29 SUNDAY Lord Clarendon issued a proclamation against the "Council of Three Hundred, or the embodiment of a National Guard," in Ireland, 1848. 30 Monday Washington inaugurated as States, at New York, 1789. States by France, 1803. first President of the United Louisiana ceded to the United Ohio admitted into the Union, CALENDAR FOR Charleston; N. 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ITuesday English fleet beaten by the French in Bantry Bay, 1689. 2 W'd'sday Sir Cahir O'Dogherty's rising, 1608. 3 Th'rsday Washington City incorporated, 1802. 4 Friday Havre de Grace, Md., burned by the British, 1813. Great fire in San Francisco, 1851. Minnesota admitted into the Union, 1858. 5 Sat'rday Napoleon died in St. Helena, 1821. 6 SUNDAY" Native American " riots in Philadelphia, 1844. 7 Monday Monster meeting at the Curragh of Kildare, 1843. 8 Tuesday Battle of Lough Swilly, 1567. Battle of Palo Alto, 1846. 9W'd'sday Cromwell repulsed at Clonmel, 1649. 10 Th'rsday ASCENSION DAY. The second (Independence") Continental Congress assembled at Philadelphia, 1775. II Friday Battle of Fontenoy, 1745. Charleston, S. C., surrendered to the British, 1780. 12 Sat'rday Crown Point taken by Ethan Allen, 1775. 13 SUNDAY Pope Pius IX born, 1792. Society of “The Cincinnati" formed by officers of the American Army, 1782. 14 Monday Henry Grattan died, 1820. O'Connell's remains deposited under Round Tower, Glasnevin, 1869. 15 Tuesday O'Connell died at Genoa, 1847. Great fire in St. Louis, 1849. 16 W'd'sday Dies infandum! This is the anniversary of the first landing of the Anglo-Normans in Ireland, 1167. 17 Th'rsday Parliament rejected the Repeal Motion, 1844. 18 Friday Dorr's rebellion in Rhode Island begun, 1843. 19 Sat'rday Lord Edward Fitzgerald arrested and mortally wounded in Thomas street, Dublin, 1798. 20 SUNDAY WHITSUNDAY. Rev. Francis Mahoney (" Father Prout ") died, 1866. 21 Monday First resolve to throw off the English yoke adopted at Charlotte, N. C., 1775. Columbus died, 1506. 22 Tuesday Samuel Neilson arrested, 1798. Battle of Ninety-six, S. C., 1781. 23 W'd'sday South Carolina accepted the Constitution, 1788. Patrick Lynch, first editor of the IRISH-AMERICAN newspaper, died in Brooklyn, 1857. 24 T'hrsday The "United Irishmen " took the town of Prosperous, 1798. 25 Friday Convention to form Constitution of the United States met at Philadelphia, 1787. 26 Sat'rday Richard Lalor Shiel died, 1851. Michael Barrett hanged in London, 1868. 27 SUNDAY Fort George and Fort Erie surrendered to the Americans, 1813. 28 Monday Thomas Moore, the poet, born, 1780. 29 Tuesday Rhode Island, (the last State) accepted the Constitution, 1790. Sackett's Harbor attacked by the British, who were repulsed, 1813. 30 W'd'sday Battle of Three Rocks, County Wexford, 1798. 31 Th'rsday CORPUS CHRISTI. The American "Fenians" invaded Canada, |