1794. HENRY DE LA ROCHEJAQUELIN, the hero of La Vendee, killed. The
peasants of the neighborhood having risen in the royal cause, he placed
himself at their head, with this laconic harangue, "_Allons chercher
l'ennemi; si je recule, tuez moi; si j'avance, suivez moi; si je meurs,
vengez moi_." After gaining sixteen victories, he fell in single combat
with a republican soldier.
1797. One pound or 20 shilling notes first issued by the bank of
England. They were designed to take the place of the specie drained from
the vaults to pay the foreign contracts.
1806. Action between the British fleet, Com. Popham, and the French
frigate La Voluntaire, 46 guns. The latter was captured with 360 men and
217 British prisoners.
1811. First report of canal commissioners in New York.
1811. The French under Massena retreated before Lord Wellington upon
Santarem, in Portugal, leaving their killed and wounded behind.
1812. The charter of the first bank of the United States expired by its
own limitation.
1814. Battle of Longwood, about 100 miles from Detroit, in which the
United States troops defeated a superior British force. British loss 80;
American loss 8.
1814. Battle of Troyes, between the French under Oudinot and the Allies
under Schwarzenberg, in which the former were defeated, with the loss of
10 cannon and 3,000 prisoners.
1815. United States letter of marque brig Aspasia, 3 guns and 25 men,
captured by the British ship Voluntaire.
1815. FRANCES ABINGTON, a celebrated English actress, died. She was the
original Lady Teazle.
1832. JOHN FRANCIS CHAMPOLLION, the French archæologist, died at Paris,
aged 42. Having devoted much attention to the study of Egyptian
antiquities, he was, in 1826, appointed to superintend that department
in the royal museum at Paris, and in 1828, went with an expedition of
learned men to Egypt, at the expense of the king, Charles X. The results
of this journey were regarded of so great importance in relation to the
hieroglyphics, that his manuscripts on that subject were purchased by
the French government at about $9,300.
1838. Carlists under Cabanero, entered Saragossa, but were driven out by
the national guards with the loss of 120 killed and 700 prisoners.
1847. A telescopic comet was discovered at the Cambridge university at
7 P. M. by G. P. Pond, assistant observer, being the fourth first
discovered in this country by this young gentleman.
1856. The free state legislature of Kansas assembled at Topeka.