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
43 B. C. First battle of Mutina, the modern Modena, in which Marc Antony
was repulsed by the two consuls Hirtius and Pansa, assisted by Octavius
Cæsar. Pansa died of the wounds he received in this conflict, and
Hirtius was slain after he had achieved a second and more decisive
victory.
1053. GODWIN, earl of Kent, died. He was a powerful Saxon baron, who
distinguished himself under Canute in the war with Sweden.
1205. BALDWIN I, emperor of Constantinople, defeated by Joannices, king
of the Bulgarians, and taken prisoner.
1415. EMANUEL CHRYSOLORAS, a learned Greek, died. He was employed by
John Palæologus as ambassador to different courts of Europe, where he
acquitted himself with honor.
1513. The English fleet under sir Edward Howard defeated off Brest by
the French.
1521. The faculty of divines of the university of Paris, after many
meetings held in the Sorbonne, drew up a _censure_ of the heresies of
Luther, which was solemnly proclaimed in a general assembly on this day.
1558. A volcano burst out near a spring in the isle of Palma, one of the
Canaries.
1570. WILLIAM ALLEY, bishop of Exeter, died. During the reign of Mary he
retired, and kept a school and practiced physic, in order to avoid
persecution; but on the accession of Elizabeth he was promoted. He wrote
the _Poor Man's Library_, and other works.
1611. RICHARD MULCASTER, a celebrated scholar and English writer, died
at Stanford Rivers, where he was rector.
1632. GEORGE CALVERT, lord Baltimore, died. He was a learned, amiable
and accomplished man, who resigned his offices under James I on
embracing the catholic faith. The king, however, raised him to the Irish
peerage of Baltimore. He obtained a grant for a plantation in
Newfoundland; but the invasions of the French obliged him to abandon
it, after he had spent £25,000 in its settlement. In the place of it, he
received a territory on the continent, now known as the state of
Maryland.
1642. Battle of Killrush in Ireland, in which the Roman catholic army
was signally defeated by the duke of Ormond.
1659. SIMON DACH, a German poet, died. He lived in a humble condition
until he was appointed professor of poetry in the university of
Konigsberg. His secular songs are said to be lively and natural; his
sacred songs distinguished for deep and quiet feeling.
1670. JOHN DAILLIE, a distinguished French protestant divine, died. His
works evince great learning and judgment, and excited much interest.
1697. CHARLES XI of Sweden died. He was successful in war, and respected
as a just prince.
1702. The proprietaries of East and West Jersey surrendered the
government to queen Anne, after which it continued under one government,
called New Jersey.
1715. The Yamasses, a powerful tribe of Indians in South Carolina,
having meditated the extirpation of the English settlements in that
state, fell upon Pocataligo and the neighboring plantations, and
massacred all who fell into their hands.
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