The Every Day Book of History and Chronology: Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present TimeMunsell, Joel
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The Every Day Book of History and Chronology: Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time
Munsell, Joel
Chronology, Historical
1760. CHARLOTTE CHARKE, the last surviving daughter of Colley Cibber,
died.
1776. Action between the British ship Glasgow, of 20 ninepounders, and
her tender, Capt. Howe, and American brigantine Cabot, 20 nines and 10
sixes; Columbus, 18 nines, 10 sixes; Annodine brig, 6 guns, and
Providence sloop, 12 sixes, under Com. Hopkins. The British made the
attack, and continued the engagement 3 hours, when the tender was
captured, but the Glasgow escaped.
1793. The French army evacuated Antwerp and Mons in Belgium, and
retreated towards Valenciennes and Lisle.
1794. The French took Oneglia, in Sardinia, where they captured 2
frigates and a few galleys.
1796. DAVID ALLAN, a Scottish painter, died. He practiced history,
portrait and landscape; but exercised his talents chiefly on works of
humor. Some of his pieces have been engraved.
1796. DAVID CAMPBELL, a Scottish divine, died. He was professor of
divinity at Aberdeen, translated the gospels, and answered Hume on the
miracles.
1799. CLAYTON MORDAUNT CRACHERODE, an English antiquary, died. He was a
man of great wealth and literary attainments, and his library and
cabinet was one of the most select and valuable in the kingdom. His
immense collection of books, medals, drawings, &c., &c., he bequeathed
to the British museum.
1804. CHARLES PICHEGRU, the French general, died. He was born 1761, of
poor parents, educated in a monastery, and was a tutor of Bonaparte at
Brienne. He came to America with a French regiment near the close of the
revolution. At the outbreak of the revolution in France he distinguished
himself so much that he rose to be the first in command, and achieved a
series of most brilliant and important victories, which resulted in the
conquest of Holland. He was detected in a plot for the restoration of
the Bourbons, which cut short his career, and he died in prison by
strangulation.
1808. Corner stone laid of the vault prepared for the relics of the
American seamen, soldiers and citizens, who perished in the British
prison ships at the Wallabout, during the war of the revolution.
1810. Three days' rioting commenced in London on account of Francis
Burdett's budget.
1811. French privateer Revance de Cerfe, burnt at Norfolk, Va. She was
fired by 15 men in 2 boats, at about 2 A. M.
1812. Badajos, in Spain, taken by storm, at ten at night, by the British
and Portuguese troops under Wellington; loss of the allied army 4000;
the defence made by the French governor was brave, determined and
noble.
1813. Lewistown, Delaware, cannonaded about 20 hours by the British
frigate Belvidere. The defence was conducted in such a manner that but
little injury was done.
1814. The French provisional government proposed, and the conservative
senate adopted the form of a constitution; a limited monarchy, founded
on the French and American constitutions, and declared Louis XVIII king.
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