1265. The earl of Leicester having defeated Henry III, summoned a new
parliament, in which the commons were first represented.
1546. FREDERICK, elector palatine, established without any acts of
violence, the protestant religion.
1662. Three women condemned at Hartford, Conn., as witches, one of whom
was hanged.
1706. HUMPHREY HODY died, an eminent English writer. A dissertation on
the resurrection of the body asserted is one of his most useful works.
1745. CHARLES VII of Germany died at Munich, aged 48.
1764. MR. WILKES was expelled from the British house of commons for
writing the _North Briton_ No. 45. This famed individual was
subsequently outlawed; disregarded his outlawery; was three times
elected for Middlesex, and his election as often voted void by the
commons, though returned by large majorities.
1770. Lord Chancellor YORKE committed suicide in the 48th year of his
age. He was a distinguished English politician, and his death is
ascribed to remorse for neglecting a promise he had made to his brother
to accept of no office from court.
1776. Gen. SCHUYLER disarmed the Highlanders at Johnstown, N. Y., and
took six hostages.
1777. Gen. DICKINSON, with 400 militia and 50 Pennsylvania riflemen,
defeated a British foraging party, took 9 prisoners, 100 horses, 40
wagons and a number of cattle.
1779. BENEDICT ARNOLD condemned to be reprimanded by the
commander-in-chief, for misdemeanor at Philadelphia.
1779. DAVID GARRICK, the actor, died. He formed a new era in the English
stage, a reform both in the conduct and license of the drama, which was
honorable to the genius that had the power to effect it.
1781. A revolt of 160 of the Jersey line at Morristown. It was
suppressed and two of the ringleaders executed.
1783. The Independence of the United States acknowledged by Great
Britain.
1788. GEORGE JOACHIM ZOLLIKOFER, a Swiss divine, died. He was born 1730,
and became one of the most eminent preachers of the last century. His
sermons have been published in 15 vols.
1788. Australia first colonized, nearly three centuries after the
discovery of the Ladrones by Magellan, which constitute a part of it.
Governor Philip arrived with a number of convicts from England, and
established a colony at Port Jackson in preference to Botany Bay.
1790. JOHN HOWARD, the philanthropist, died at Cherson in Russia, aged
63. He had taken up his residence at this settlement on the Baltic sea;
a malignant fever prevailing there, he was prompted by humanity to visit
a patient laboring under the contagion, when he received the infection,
and died in consequence.
1790. LAFAYETTE, in the assembly of the states general supported the
motion for the abolition of titles of nobility, from which period he
renounced his own, and never afterwards resumed it.
1795. The French under Pichegru entered Amsterdam, and Geertruidenberg
capitulated to Gen. Bonneau.
1795. A great fire occurred at Bergen in Norway, when 60 houses and a
great many stores were burnt.
1796. PICHEGRU attacked Kaiserslautern, but was repulsed with the loss
of 2000 men and several cannon. Austrian loss about 700 killed and
wounded.
1798. The frigate Crescent sailed from Portsmouth, N. H., as a present
from the United States to the dey of Algiers; she also carried out
presents to the amount of $300,000.
1800. THOMAS MIFFLIN, an officer of the revolution, died. He was a
member of the first congress, and for many years governor of
Pennsylvania.
1813. CHRISTOPHER MARTIN WIELAND, a German author of great repute, died
aged 80. He was the father of 14 children, and 42 quarto volumes of
books by the sale of which last he was enabled to purchase an estate. He
was knighted by Alexander of Russia, and by Napoleon.
1817. The weather had been so moderate that up to this time no ice had
been seen on the Delaware at Philadelphia.
1817. JAMES ANTHONY, of Hanover co., Va., died, aged 104.
1823. The British government received advice that a Bengalee newspaper
had been issued, edited by a learned Hindoo. Its title was _Sungband
Cowmuddy_, or the _Moon of Intelligence_.
1835. The city of Mocha taken by the Egyptians under Achmet Pacha; by
which the whole of Arabia was rendered subject to Mehemet Ali, pacha of
Egypt.
1836. XAVIER SAUBERT, the celebrated fire-king, being engaged in making
some experiments in chemistry, with phosphoric ether, it exploded and
scattered his body into a thousand pieces.
1836. Treaty of peace and commerce signed between the United States and
the republic of Venezuela.
1839. The army of the confederation of Bolivia and Peru, commanded by
Santa Cruz in person, was entirely defeated and destroyed, at Yungay,
with a loss of 2,600 killed and 3,400 prisoners. Santa Cruz immediately
resigned his office.
1843. A report fully approving of the conduct of Com. McKenzie and his
officers on board the United States brig of war Somers, was brought in
by the court appointed for that purpose.
1848. CHRISTIAN VIII, king of Denmark, died in the 62d year of his age
and 9th of his reign. A constitution was offered the same day by his
successor.
1854. A tornado in Ohio half a mile in width demolished every thing it
encountered, and almost entirely destroyed the town of Brandon.
This day in the calendar of Hesiod, is most propitious for the birth of
men.