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
1786. GASPARD RISBECK, a German author, died.
1794. GEORGE III and Queen CHARLOTTE went to Hay Market theatre, which
attracted so great a crowd, that more than 15 persons were trampled to
death.
1794. The French convention received the deputies from St. Domingo, one
of whom was a black, one a mulatto, and one a white; and at the same
time decreed that all men of color whom a tyrannical force had made
slaves, were still free and equally citizens with whites.
1795. A tableaux of the victories of the French from Sept. 8th, 1793, to
this date, presented to the convention by Carnot, gives the following
result: 27 victories, 6 of which were gained in pitched battles; 120
combats of less importance; 80,000 enemies killed, and 91,000 taken
prisoners; 117 important fortresses, 36 of which were taken after a
close blockade; 230 forts; 38,000 pieces of artillery; 17,000 muskets;
19,000 pounds of powder, and 90 stands of colors.
1797. Faenza in Italy carried by assault by the French under Victor,
afterwards duke of Belluno.
1800. Four British ships, carrying in all 106 guns, captured off Seven
islands, after a close action of 2 hours 10 minutes, the French frigate
Pallas of 42 guns and 350 men. British loss, 10 killed, 34 wounded.
1807. Montevideo taken by storm by the British.
1808. The Neapolitan garrison of Reggio surrendered to the French.
1809. The French national ship l'Iris, 24 guns, captured by the British
ship, l'Amiable.
1809. The Spanish junta in Seville issued orders to their troops to give
no quarter to the French found in Spain.
1810. British ship Valiant of 74 guns captured the French frigate
Cannoniere, 14 guns, with a cargo worth $800,000.
1810. The French destroyed the quicksilver mines at El Almoden del
Azoque, near Seville.
1810. Guadaloupe surrendered to the British.
1813. The Spanish cortez abolished the inquisition.
1814. BONAPARTE entered Troyes. Same day the Russians and Prussians
bombarded Vitry, defended by the French under Gen. Montmartre.
1831. The duke of Nemours elected king of Belgium.
1832. GEORGE CRABBE died; one of the most popular of the modern British
poets.
1832. CHARLES VICTOR DE BONSTETTEN died, aged 87; a distinguished Swiss
moralist, politician, metaphysician, geologist and traveler.
1836. MARIE LETITIA BONAPARTE, mother of Napoleon, died. She was born at
Ajaccio 1750; her maiden name Romolini; was one of the most beautiful
women of Corsica; married, in the midst of civil discord, Charles
Bonaparte, an officer who fought with Paoli; was left a widow 1785,
having borne 13 children, of whom 5 sons and 3 daughters survived their
father, and became celebrated. Madame Bonaparte was a woman of great
force and energy of character.
1844. Continued cold weather in the northern parts of the United States.
Long Island sound was frozen over a few miles above New York, and a
canal, seven miles in length, was cut through the ice at Boston to allow
the British steamer to go to sea.
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