B. C. 1183 Fall of Troy. Table of Memorable Dates. 1082 Era of the Great Pyramid. 878 Carthage founded. 776 Olympic Era began. 753 Foundation of Rome. 588 Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezzar. 536 Restoration of the Jews under Cyrus. 509 Expulsion of the Tarquins from Rome. 480 Xerxes defeated Greeks at Thermopylæ. 55 Cæsar conquered Britain. A. D. 4 Birth of Jesus Christ. 29 The Crucifixion. 70 Jerusalem was destroyed by Titus. 313 Constantine converted to Christianity. 410 The Romans abandoned Britain. 827 Egbert, first king of all England. [Oct. 14 1066 Battle of Hastings. Norman Conquest, 1096 The Crusades began. 1172 Ireland was conquered by Henry II. 1215 King John granted Magna Charta, June15 1265 First Representative Parliament in Eng. 1415 Battle of Agincourt, Oct. 25. 1431 Joan of Arc was burnt, May 30. 1453 Constantinople was taken by the Turks. 1455 The Wars of the Roses began. 1462 The Bible was first printed at Mentz. 1471 Caxton set up his printing press. 1486 The feuds of York and Lancaster ended. 1492 Columbus discovered America, Oct. 12, 1517 The Reformation began in Germany. 1519 Cortez began the conquest of Mexico. 1535 The first English Bible printed. 1539 Monasteries were closed in England. 1558 Accession of Queen Elizabeth, Nov. 17. 1565 Revolt of the Netherlands began. 1572 The St. Bartholomew Massacre, Aug. 24. 1588 The Spanish Armada was defeated, July. 1600 East India Company first chartered. 1603 Union of England and Scotland, March 24 1605 The Gunpowder Plot in England. 1607 Jamestown, Va., was settled. 1609 Hudson River first explored. 1616 Shakespeare died, April 23. 1618 Thirty Years' War in Germany began. 1620 Pilgrims by the Mayflower landed. 1623 Manhattan Island settled. 1634 Maryland settled by Roman Catholics. 1636 Rhode Island settled by Roger Williams. 1640 Cromwell's Long Parliament assembled. 1649 Charles I. was beheaded, January 30. 1653 Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector. 1660 Restoration of the Stuarts. 1664 New York was conquered from the Dutch. 1664 The great plague of London. 1666 The great fire of London began Sept. 2. 1679 Habeas Corpus Act was passed in England. 1682 Pennsylvania settled by William Penn. 1685 Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Oct. 22 1688 James II. abdicated, Dec. 11. 1690 Battle of the Boyne, July 1. 1690 First newspaper in America; at Boston. 1704 Gibraltar was taken by the English. 1713 Peace of Utrecht, April 11. 1714 Accession of the House of Hanover, Aug. 1 1715 First Jacobite Rebellion in Great Britain. 1720 South Sea Bubble. 1745 Battle of Fontenoy, April 30. 1745 Second Jacobite Rebellion in Gt. Britain. 1756 The Black Hole Suffocation in Calcutta. 1757 Clive won the Battle of Plassey in India. 1759 Canada was taken from the French. 1765 Stamp Act enacted. 1773 Steam engine perfected by Watt. A. D. 1773 Tea destroyed in Boston Harbor. Dec. 16. 1775 Battle of Lexington, April 19. 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17. 1776 Declaration of Independence, July 4. 1777 Burgoyne's surrender, Oct. 17. 1779 Captain Cook was killed, Feb. 14. 1781 Cornwallis' surrender at Yorkt' n, Oct. 19. 1788 First settlement in Australia, Jan. 26. 1789 The French Revolution began July 14. 1789 Washington first inaugurated President. 1793 Cotton-gin invented by Whitney. 1793 Louis XVI. of France was executed Jan.21 1796 Vaccination was discovered by Jenner. 1798 The Irish Rebellion. 1799 Battle of Seringapatam; death of Tippoo. 1799 Bonaparte declared First Consul, Nov. 10. 1801 Union of Great Britain and Ireland, Jan. 1 1803 Louisiana purchased from the French. 1804 Bonaparte became Emperor of the French 1805 Battle of Trafalgar and death of Nelson. 1807 Fulton's first steamboat voyage. 1812 Second war with Great Britain began. 1812 The French expedition to Moscow. 1813 Perry's victory on Lake Erie, Sept. 10. 1814 The printing machine invented. 1814 Scott's "Waverley" published. 1815 Battle of New Orleans, Jan. 8. 1815 Battle of Waterloo, June 18. 1819 First steamship crossed the Atlantic. 1820 Missouri Compromise adopted. 1823 Monroe Doctrine declared, Dec. 2. 1828 First passenger railroad in the U. S. 1830 Revolution in France, Orleanist succes' n. 1832 South Carolina Nullification Ordinance. 1835 Morse invented the telegraph. 1835 Seminole War in Florida began. 1837 Accession of Queen Victoria, June 20. 1845 Texas annexed. 1846 Sewing machine completed by Elias Howe 1846 The Irish Potato Famine. 1846 British Corn laws repealed, June 26. 1846 War with Mexico began. 1848 French Revolution. Republic succeeded. 1848 Gold discovered in California, September. 1851 Gold discovered in Australia, Feb. 12. 1851 First International Exhibition, London. 1852 Louis Napoleon became Emperor, Dec. 2. 1853 Crimean War began. 1857 The Great Mutiny in India. 1857 The Dred Scott decision. 1859 John Brown's raid into Virginia. 1860 South Carolina seceded, Dec. 20. 1861 Emancipation of the Russian serfs. 1863 Lincoln's Emancipa' n Proclam' n, Jan. 1. 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3. 1865 Lee surrendered at Appomattox, April 9. 1865 President Lincoln assassinated, April 14. 1866 Battle of Sadowa. Prussia beat Austria. 1867 Emperor Maximilian of Mexico executed. 1867 The Dominion of Canada established. 1870 Franco-German War began July 19. 1870 Capitulation of French at Sedan, Sept. 1. 1870 Rome became the capital of Italy. 1871 The German Empire was re-established. 1871 The Irish Church was disestablished. 1871 The great fire in Chicago, Oct. 8-11. 1872 The great fire in Boston, Nov. 9. 1876 Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. 1881 President Garfield shot. 1882 British occupation of Egypt. 1889 Brazil became a Republic. 1893 World's Columbian Exposit' n at Chicago. 1894 Chinese-Japanese war began. 1895 Cuban Revolution began Feb. 20. Jan. 1. Emancipation Proclamation by Lincoln, | June 1863. Anniversaries. DATES OF HISTORICAL EVENTS CUSTOMARILY OR OCCASIONALLY OBSERVED. 28. Battle of Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S. C., 1776. 1. Dominion Day in Canada. July 1-3. Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. Jan. Jan. 17. Battle of the Cowpens, S. C., 1781. July July Jan 19. Robert E. Lee born, 1807. July 4. Declaration of Independence, 1776. 14. The Bastile was destroyed, 1789. 21. Battle of Bull Run, 1861. Aug. 16. Battle of Bennington, Vt., 1777. Feb. 12 Abraham Lincoln born, 1809. 22. George Washington born, 1732, Feb.22-23. Battle of Buena Vista, 1847. March 6. Boston Massacre, 1770. Sep. 1. Capitulation of Sedan, 1870. Sep. Sep. March 15. Andrew Jackson born, 1767. Sep. Sep. April 9. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, 1865. Sep. April 12 Henry Clay born, 1777. April 12 Fort Sumter fired upon, 1861. Sep. April 13, Thomas Jefferson born, 1743. April 19. Primrose Day in England, Lord Beaconsfield died, 1881, April 27. General Grant born, 1822. April 19. Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775. Oct Oct Oct. April 30. Washington was inaugurated first President, 1789. Nov. May 13. First English settlement in America, at Nov. May 13. The Society of the Cincinnati was organ- ough's victory, 1814. 13. Battle of Chapultepec, 1847. 14. City of Mexico taken by the U.S. troops, 17. Battle of Antietam, 1862. 7. Battle of King's Mountain, N. C., 1780. Oct. 8-11. Great fire of Chicago, 1871, 12. Columbus discovered America, 1492. 5. Guy Fawkes Day in England. The Gun- 9. Great fire of Boston, 1872. 10. Martin Luther born, 1483. 25. British evacuated New York, 1788. 2. Battle of Austerlitz, 1805. May 20. Mecklenburg, N. C., Declaration of In- May 24. Queen Victoria born, 1819. Dec. June 6. General Nathanael Greene born, 1742. Dec. 16. The great fire in New York, 1835. Dec.25-26. Battle of Trenton, N. J., 1776. June 17. Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775. June 18. Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Ritualistic Calendar. Colona PR THE ALTAR IN UNE IN RITUALISTIC EPISCOPAL CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES Incalve cept on the boasts of Martyrs; on Maundy Thursday (for the celebration); from the First Beylowe of tomato Day to the Vigil of Pentecost except on Feasts of Martyrs and Rogation Days); on ke All Saints, Saints who are not Marras and Patron Saints (Transfiguration and Dedication From the First Service (First Vespers) of Christmas Day to the Octave of Epiphany, 6221 We tapwing Saturday. First Vespers of Trinity Sunday & Sunday), and Feasts of all Martyrs. Er Eve); Advent Sunday to Christmas and Rogation Days; Holy Innocents (unless on -All other days mre minute code changing with each year is Pet Sunday till eight days after Epiphany; Septuany Sunday. Jewish Calendar, 1898. day perfect year of 355 days, and the year 5659 is an imperfect year Ritualistic Calendar. COLORS FOR THE ALTAR IN USE IN RITUALISTIC EPISCOPAL CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES, White.-From the First Service (First Vespers) of Christmas Day to the Octave of Epiphany, Inclusive (except on the Feasts of Martyrs); on Maundy Thursday (for the celebration); from the First Service of Easter Day to the Vigil of Pentecost (except on Feasts of Martyrs and Rogation Days); on Trinity Sunday, Conversion of St. Paul, Purification, Annunciation, St. John Baptist, St. Michael, St. Luke, All Saints, Saints who are not Martyrs, and Patron Saints (Transfiguration and Dedication of Church). Red.-From First Vespers of Pentecost to the following Saturday, First Vespers of Trinity Sunday (which includes Ember Days), Holy Innocents (if on a Sunday), and Feasts of all Martyrs. Violet. From Septuagesima to Maundy Thursday (Easter Eve); Advent Sunday to Christmas Eve; Vigils, Ember Days (except in Whitsun Week), and Rogation Days; Holy Innocents (unless on Sunday). Black. -Good Fridays and at funerals. Green. -All other days. These regulations as to colors are general. A more minute code changing with each year is published in the church almanacs. MARRIAGES should not be celebrated from Advent Sunday till eight days after Epiphany; Septuagesima till eight days after Easter; Rogation till Trinity Sunday. The year 5658 is an ordinary perfect year of 355 days, and the year 5659 is an imperfect year of 353 days. In the monthly calendars which follow this page the times of rising and setting of the sun are for the upper limb, and of the moon for the centre. Refraction and parallax have been taken into account In both cases. Although computed for Boston, New York, Washington, and Charleston, they will serve with sufficient accuracy for all ordinary purposes, for all other places situated on or near the same parallel of latitude. |