Show SsmeHistoric Happenings of January The first month In the year has always al-ways been a fateful one in English history but It began most specially to be recognized as such during the reign of Charles I It was on Jnnuary 4 1642 that the attempt was made to arrest the five members On the tenth of tho month three years later Archbishop Arch-bishop Laud was beheaded and January Jan-uary 30 1649 saw the kings own head laid upon the block There Is probably no act of parliament parlia-ment which has ever been the cause of such amazing dissensions and discord dis-cord as that which brought about the union between Great Britain and Ireland Ire-land This came Into force upon January Jan-uary 1 1801 It was in the same month that Richard Trevlthlck the Cornish inventor perfected the first steam locomotive which over moved upon an English rondo n u The great William Pitt the most able prime minister who over controlled con-trolled the destinies of the kingdom came Into ofllce nt Christmas 1783 nnd died In January 1806 His great rival Charles James Fox born In January Jan-uary 1749 only survived Pitt six months One of the greatest boons that a nation na-tion ever received from its government govern-ment was conferred upon Great Britain on January 1 1840 namely penny postage Adhesive stamps had been Invented by Mr James Chalmers of Dundee six years previously and these superseded Mulreadys envelope later in tho same year January has for a long time past been a very notable mouth In tho history his-tory of tho British royal family On January 23 18G8 the Princess Royal was married to Prince Frederick William Wil-liam of Prussia Tho German kaiser wall born in January 1EC9 Prince Henry of Battcnbergs death occurred on January 201890 and the duke of Tecks life came to an end on the twentyllrst of tho month 1900 uun uuuuuuuuuuu One year later on January 22 1901 came the end of the most famous reign In English or any other history Queen Victoria died at 630 on the fateful evening In northern latitudes no nation fights in winter If It can possibly be avoided nnd yet January has seen some of the toughest struggles of modern mod-ern war January 1871 holds the record rec-ord for fierce fighting During that month there were no fewer than six terrlllc battles between the Erench I and the Germans The last was Gon Trochus grand sortie from Paris which ended in his defeat and in the extinction of the lat hopes of Paris and her citizens i |