1790. The celebrated chess-player PHILLODOR won two games which he played with skilled players while he was blind folded. The moves being made by his directions. 1794. The British under Admiral Jarvis took Pigeon island, Martinique. 1795. The English garrison at Bergen-op-Zoom disarmed and sent prisoners to France. The French also took Groningen the same day. 1795. The tower of Martello in Corsica taken by the British under Admiral Hood. 1797. The French pillaged Loretto, a fortified town in Italy. The soldiers entered the cathedral which contains the _holy house_, in which it is said the Virgin Mary lived at Nazareth, and laid their republican hands upon the madonna, the famous _Lady of Loretto_, which they found standing upon an altar, in a niche of silver, surrounded by numerous gold and silver lamps, and adorned with jewels. She was sent to Paris. 1799. BONAPARTE set out from Cairo on his disastrous expedition to Syria. 1802. Port au Paix in Hayti taken by the French. The blacks set it on fire and blew up two forts. 1803. JEAN FRANCOIS DE LA HARPE, an eminent French orator, critic, poet and dramatic writer, died. 1804. His catholic majesty, CHARLES IV, renounced his protest against the alienation by France of Louisiana to the United States. 1807. Bill for abolishing the British slave trade passed the house of lords. 1808. Russia declared war against Sweden. 1809. Portugal invaded by the French under Soult. 1809. GEORGE ZOEGA, a celebrated Danish antiquary, died. 1818. THOMAS MORRIS, a British officer, died, aged 74. He fought by the side of Montgomery in Canada during the French war, was taken by the Indians, and narrowly escaped burning at the stake. On quitting the army he published an account of his captivity, and in the retirement of a small cottage passed some years in the pursuits of literature. 1841. Union of Upper and Lower Canada; Lord Sydenham taking the oath of office as governor of the united provinces. 1852. Gold medal presented to Henry Clay at Washington by New York friends. 1854. Gen. HERRERA, ex-president of the republic of Mexico, died. He was one of the veterans of the war of independence, and as a statesman, had given proofs of the loftiest patriotism and disinterestedness. 1856. President RIVAS decreed the annexation of the whole Mosquito territory to Nicaragua. FEBRUARY 11. 641. HERACLIUS, emperor of the East, died. He was the son of a governor of Africa, conspired against Phocas, whom he beheaded, and ascended the throne of Constantinople. 1225. HENRY III subscribed the great charter of English liberties, which was witnessed by 13 bishops, 20 abbots, and 32 earls and barons. 1451. AMURATH II, emperor of the Ottomans, died. He was the first Turk who used cannon in battle. 1502. ELIZABETH of York, queen of Henry VII, died in childbirth, in the tower of London, on her birth day, aged 36. She married Henry in 1486, by which the antagonist houses of York and Lancaster were united.