1669. Mount Trumento formed of an indurated mass of lava by the great eruption of mount Etna. 1676. Battle of Patuxet, between fifty English and twenty friendly Indians under Capt. Pierce, and six hundred of Philip's Indians. The English were drawn into an ambush, or deceived in the force of their enemies, and making an error in drawing down by the side of the river to prevent being surrounded, the Indians crossed over, and galled them from the opposite side, so that they were constrained to fight it out to the last. 1699. EDWARD STILLINGFLEET, an eminent English prelate, died. His first work was entitled _Weapon Salve for the Church's Wounds_, which was ably written, notwithstanding the quaintness of the title. His works were principally polemical, and were published in 6 vols. folio. 1710. SACHEVERELL'S two sermons burnt before the Royal Exchange in the presence of the lord mayor of London, and he himself forbid to preach for 3 years. 1718. MARY BEATRIX ELEONORA D'ESTE, queen dowager to King James II of England, died at St. Germain en Laye. 1729. LEOPOLD, duke of Lorrain, died. He was noted for his military abilities, by which he recovered his country, and governed his subjects with wisdom and justice. He was also a liberal patron of the arts and sciences. 1756. French burnt fort Bull, Oneida county, New York. 1771. A. MCDOUGAL discharged by the supreme court of New York, after having been subjected to imprisonment as the author of a newspaper article signed _A Son of Liberty_. 1778. NICHOLAS SEBASTIAN ADAM, a French sculptor, died. He was the second of three brothers who enjoyed some reputation as sculptors in France in the early part of the last century. His principal works are the tomb for the wife of Stanislaus of Poland, and Prometheus chained. 1782. CARACCIOLI, the viceroy of Sicily, abolished the inquisition there, and destroyed the archives. 1793. The French Gen. DUMOURIER, in a conference with Austrian Col. Mack, at Ath, resolved to march back on Paris and establish the constitutional monarchy of 1791. 1794. JACOB NICHOLAS MOREAU, historiographer of France, guillotined at the age of 77. He was also librarian to the queen, an able writer, and attached to the royal cause. 1794. Convention between Denmark and Sweden, for the mutual defence of their rights. 1802. Treaty of Amiens signed between England, Spain, France and the Batavian republic. 1805. The county of Lewis, in northern New York, erected. 1809. Sullivan county, New York, erected. 1809. An eruption of mount Etna. 1811. Battle of Anhalt in the Cattegat strait. The island was attacked by 4000 Danes, who were repulsed by 350 British, with the loss of 6 cannon and 500 prisoners. 1814. Battle of Horse-Shoe, at the bend of the Tallepoosie river, between the United States troops under Gen. Jackson, and the Creek Indians. The latter were defeated with the loss of about 800 killed; U. S. loss 91 killed, 268 wounded.