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Show THIS UATK IN H ISTOK V MAY 4. lMSr-Death of Copernicus; born xiffSL. Feb. 10, 1473. The father of modern astronomy. 1613 Death of Robert Cecil, min- later to James I ; born 1560. M 1 ft ITOS-Wamw token by Charles n$. Jf 17S2 Death of Lord Eodney, -jfSaaS British admiral; born 1718. ftAC- W 1814 The pope returns to Rome L after exile. s. Liaworii. 181 6 Birth of Albert Smith, comic English writer. 1818 Gen. Jackson senses Pensacola, Fla. Spain cedes the territory to the United States in 188i. 1819 Queen Victoria born; crowned June 28, 1S88. 1819 The first American steamship, the Savannah, Savan-nah, crosses the Atlantic in S5 days. 1841 Canton, China, capitulated to the English. 1850 Death of Jane Porter, novelist; bom in 1771 Author of 'Thaddeus of Warsaw," "Scottish "Scot-tish Chiefs." etc. 1851 Thomas Francis Meagher escapes from Van Dieman's land and arrives in the United 8tates. 1881 CoL Ellsworth shot while removing Confederate Con-federate flag from Marshall house, Alexandria, Alexan-dria, Va. Ills assailant killed by Frank Brow-nell, Brow-nell, one of his souaves. 1871 Public buildings continue to be burned by the Communists in Paris. The archbishop of Paris and 64 others shot by them In the prises) of La Roqiiette. - - 18TJ Marshal MscMohon, duke of Magenta, elect-ed elect-ed president of the French republic |