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
1813. Second battle of Frenchtown in Michigan. The van of Gen.
Harrison's army, about 750 men, was attacked at day break by 2000
British and Indians under Proctor and Tecumseh. Notwithstanding the
superiority of the latter in numbers, the Americans fought with
desperation six hours, when they surrendered. British loss, as stated by
Proctor, 24 killed, 128 wounded; the loss of the Indians is supposed to
have been greater. American loss, 200 killed, 522 prisoners, 27 escaped.
Proctor was promoted.
1815. The remains of LOUIS XVI and his queen taken up from the burial
ground, and deposited with much solemnity in the royal church of St.
Denis.
1815. American commodore PATTERSON captured a British transport
schooner, and took 63 prisoners. His own force was 53.
1815. United States privateer schooner Tomahawk 9 guns and 84 men,
captured by the British ship Bulwark.
1818. CASPAR WISTAR died, a distinguished physician of Philadelphia. He
was of German parentage, and a member of the society of Friends; became
eminent as an anatomist, and corresponded with Cuvier and other eminent
naturalists of Europe. He held scientific meetings at his own house, and
was an active contributer to knowledge of all kinds. He died of a slow
fever, caught by attending a poor family in a close apartment.
1822. JOHN JULIUS ANGERSTEIN died, celebrated as the founder of the
British national gallery, which was purchased by the government after
his death for £40,000, (_Cyclopedia Americana_ says £60,000) and was
first exhibited in May, 1824. He was born at St. Petersburg, 1735.
1830. Great fire at Pera, Constantinople, extinguished by the exertions
of the crew of an English ship.
1834. Great earthquake in South-America; the cities of Popayan and Pasto
almost entirely destroyed, and many lives lost.
1835. ANDREW WALLACE died at New York, aged 105. He emigrated from
Scotland in 1752, enlisted in the American army in 1776, and continued
in it till 1813, when he was honorably discharged, on account of his
disability, having suffered a stroke of paralysis.
1840. JOHN FREDERICK BLUMENBACH died at Göttingen, aged 88. He was long
a distinguished professor at the university, and a very eminent
naturalist. His collection of skulls was said to be the richest in the
world. The 50th year of his professorship was celebrated in 1826.
1849. JOHN C. CALHOUN'S draft of an address to the people of the United
States adopted in preference to Berrien's, and the Southern convention
adjourned sine die.
1854. PATRICK O'DONAHOE died at Brooklyn, N. Y.; one of the Irish exiles
who escaped from Van Diemen's Land.
JANUARY 23.
1401. TAMERLANE introduced his troops into the city of Damascus, in
violation of a truce; and after levying an enormous contribution in
gold, massacred the inhabitants, and reduced the city to ashes, in
revenge of the murder of the grandson of Mahomet, seven centuries
before, by the Syrians.
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