1189. Inauguration of RICHARD I (_Cœur de Lion_), at Westminster, a
most splendid pageant.
1328. CASTRACANI CASTRUCCIO, a famous Italian general, died. He was
found, when an infant, in a heap of leaves, in Tuscany; and lived to
attain the highest rank in military fame.
1332. A famous bull feast in the Coliseum at Rome, after the fashion of
the Moors and Spaniards. The ladies were seated in three balconies,
lined with scarlet cloth. Every knight assumed a livery and device. The
champions who were left on the arena outnumbered the _quadrupeds_.
1588. RICHARD TARLETON, a celebrated jester and actor, and dramatic
writer, was buried at Shoreditch, London--the _Yorick_ of Shakspeare's
Hamlet.
1592. ROBERT GREENE, an English dramatic author, died; notorious for his
licentiousness.
1609. HENRY HUDSON, coasting northwardly, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
came to three great rivers, and stood for the northernmost.
1634. EDWARD COKE, the celebrated English judge, died. He was a clear
and luminous writer on the laws and constitution of his country.
1642. Battle of Liscarrol, between the Irish army of 7,500, under
general Barry, and the British, 2,400, under lord Inchiquin, in which
the latter were victorious.
1650. Battle of Dunbar; the Scots under Leslie defeated with great
slaughter by Oliver Cromwell; 3,000 of them slain and 10,000 taken
prisoners, one half of whom were "driven, like turkeys, into England."
1651. Battle of Worcester; Cromwell defeated Charles II with great
slaughter; the whole Scottish army being principally killed or taken.
1653. CLAUDIUS SALMASIUS, a French historian and critic, died. He was a
man of most uncommon abilities and erudition, as his works, numerous and
various, show.
1658. OLIVER CROMWELL died, on the anniversary of some of his most
famous victories. The mighty conqueror, Death, snatched him in no
ordinary manner, for Dan Æolus proclaimed it in _tempest_ to all nations
of Europe.
1660. JAMES, duke of York, remarried to Ann Hyde; Clarendon, lord
chancellor, pretending on account of the dignity of royalty, he would
rather have seen her his concubine than his wife.
1662. WILLIAM LENTHALL, speaker of the parliament that levied war
against Charles I, died.
1680. PAUL RAGUENEAU, superior of the Jesuit missionaries in Canada,
died at Paris, aged 75. He was a man of wonderful confidence in God, and
of the most complete disengagement from temporal things.
1692. DAVID ANCILLON, a German divine, died; eminent for his learning,
piety and eloquence. His library at Metz was a great curiosity to the
learned.
1711. ELIZABETH SOPHIA CHERON died; a French lady who obtained great
celebrity by her talents for poetry, painting, the learned languages and
music.
1715. The pretender proclaimed king James VIII by the earl of Mar at
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.
1729. JOHN HARDOUIN, a French Jesuit, died; who distinguished himself
for his criticism and extensive erudition, as well as by the singularity
of his opinions.
1733. At Carlton, Yorkshire, England, a vault, 8 feet by 5, was
discovered 18 feet below the surface, in which lay a skeleton of a large
body with a helmet in a niche over the head, on the wall some Saxon
characters and the date 992 were discovered.
1739. GEORGE LILLO, an English dramatic writer, died. Though a jeweler
by profession, and a man of business, he cultivated the muses, and
acquired great celebrity.
1752. New style; eleven days blotted from the English calendar; this,
the 3d, being accounted the 14th. The Julian computation, either from
ignorance or negligence, supposing a complete solar revolution in the
precise period of 365 days and 6 hours, made no provision for the
deficiency of 11 minutes per annum, which, however, in the lapse of 18
centuries amounted to a difference of 11 days.
1774. ANTONY DE FERRIOL, count Pont de Vesle, died; a French comic
writer.
1777. British under Gen. HOWE marched upon Philadelphia, and the
Americans retreated across the Brandywine.
1782. Sixth action between the British, admiral Hughes, 12 ships and a
50 gun ship, and the French admiral Suffrein, 12 ships and three 50 gun
ships, off Trincomalee. The action was bloody; the French on re-entering
the harbor in the evening, lost a 74 gun ship.
1783. Definitive articles of peace signed at Paris, between England,
France, Spain and America.
1791. New French constitution presented to Louis XVI by the national
assembly.
1796. Battle of Wurzburg; the French under Jourdan defeated by the
Austrians under the archduke Charles.
1801. British took possession of Alexandria, Egypt. They found there 312
cannon. The garrison consisted of nearly 12,000, who had subsisted a
long time on horseflesh.
1803. JOSEPH RITSON, an English writer, died. Though a man of learning,
he adopted a most singular and capricious form of orthography.
1804. Sixth attack on Tripoli by the American squadron under Com.
Preble. The Constitution brought to in a situation where more than 70
guns could be brought to bear upon her. She silenced one of their
batteries, and considerably damaged the town, castle and other
batteries.
1807. CLARA REEVE died, aged 70; an English writer of considerable
literary talent.
1816. KIA KING, emperor of China, dethroned by the guards of his palace,
on account of a sentence he passed in relation to some affairs of
religion.
1839. WILLIAM SULLIVAN died at Boston, aged 64. He was an eminent
lawyer, and sustained various civil and military offices, and was the
author of _Familiar Letters_, _Political Class Book, &c._
1852. GEORGE RICHARDSON PORTER, secretary of the board of trade, died at
Tunbridge Wells, England, aged 60. He wrote upon the sugar cane, and
other products and manufactures.
1855. Gen. WALKER with 150 men, only 80 of whom were white, took up his
quarters at Virgin bay. Gen. Mandiola attacked him with 400 men, but was
defeated with the loss of 50. Walker's loss 1 white, 4 natives.
1855. RACHEL, the noted French actress, made her first appearance in
America at New York, and was enthusiastically received.
1855. Battle of Sand Hills; the United States troops under general
Harney gained a complete victory over the Sioux Indians, killing 86
warriors, and capturing about 70 women and children, with a loss of only
4 of his own men.