JUNE 9.
587 B. C. On the 9th Thammug, an especial fast of the Jews was observed for the taking of Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, on that day.
597. Columba, the founder of the famous monastry of Iona, or Icolmkill, in the Scottish Hebrides, died. This island was in that age the luminary of the Caledonian regions.
911. Leo VI (the philosopher), emperor of the east, died. He was a politic monarch, the patron of men of letters, and an excellent author himself.
1075. Henry IV defeated the Saxons at Thuringia.
1099. The siege of Jerusalem opened by the first crusaders. Godfrey of Bouillon erected his standard on the first swell of mount Calvary; to the left as far as St. Stephen's gate the line of attack was continued by Tancred and the two Roberts, and count Raymond established his head quarters from the citadel to the fort of mount Sion.
1496. Columbus returned to Spain from his second voyage.
1536. Dr. Heylin says: On this day the clergy of London agreed upon the form of a petition to king Henry, for permission to the people to read the Bible.
1553. Battle of Sieverhausen in the Duchy of Lunenberg, in which Albert of Brandenburgh was defeated by the confederates. His camp equipage taken and 4,000 killed.
1586. Great earthquake in Lima.
1625. First child of white parents born in Brooklyn, New York.
1674. The English parliament prorogued on account of the differences between the lords and commons. It is said more than £200,000 was spent in bribing the commons.
1681. William Lilly, a famous English astrologer, died. He made quite a snug fortune out of the cavaliers and roundheads by predicting for both parties. The parliament under Cromwell gave him £100 a year for flattering their prospects, and he was complimented with a gold chain and medal by the king of Sweden. He also made a handsome business by his almanacs and other publications.
1696. Antoine Varilas, a French historian, died. His works were popular for a time, until they were discovered to be very inaccurate, and carelessly compiled.
1724. Benedict Pictet, a Swiss professor of theology at Geneva, died. He possessed great abilities and learning, and published several valuable works.
1758. The English effected a landing at Louisbourg.
1770. British settlers expelled from the Falkland islands by a large Spanish force. They were restored the following year, when the dispute was ended.
1775. Force of the American army assembled at Cambridge, 1,581 officers, 6,063 privates; total 7,644.
1776. John Ives, an eminent English antiquary, died, aged 25. He had accomplished much at his early age, but had published only three papers from his collection.
1779. William Kenrick, an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, died. He was originally a mechanic, and became an author of great popularity and merit.
1790. Robert Robinson, a self-taught English preacher, died. He was an apprentice to a wig and curl maker, when Whitefield attracted his attention, and he became a methodist preacher. He soon after became a baptist, and preached that doctrine a number of years, and was extremely popular. He finally became a unitarian, and died at Birmingham while on a visit to Priestly, before he had time to shift his opinions to any thing else.
1795. The only son of the unfortunate king Louis XVI died in the Temple in his 12th year. The convention agreed to exchange his sister for the commissioners, betrayed by Dumourier to Austria.
1798. Battle of Arklow, in Ireland, between the United Irishmen and British. More than 20,000 of the insurgents, under father Murphy, advanced against the town, which was defended by only 1,600 men. The contest was continued with great obstinacy till nightfall, when the rebels retired. Father Murphy was killed by a cannon ball.
1798. An eruption of the peak of Teneriffe. It continued 4 months and 6 days, had 4 mouths, and projected rocks 3,000 feet.
1811. Second unsuccessful attack on fort San Christoval, Badajos, by the British under lord Wellington.
1814. United States brig Rattlesnake, lieut. Renshaw, captured and destroyed British brig John, laden with English goods.
1824. William Oxberry, the comedian, died by apoplexy, the consequence of over living. This was acting tragedy.
1825. Abraham Rees, the cyclopedist, died. He was born in Wales, and educated for a dissenting minister, and officiated as such more than 40 years. He published sermons, and contributed to the Monthly Review, but is best known as the editor of the Cyclopedia, 47 vols, quarto.
1826. Jedediah Morse died, aged 65; author of the geography so well known.
1829. Battle of Oriva, in Turkey; the Russians, under general Geismar, assaulted and took the town.
1834. William Carey, the devoted and pious missionary, died.
1836. Battle of Micanopy; about 200 Indians defeated by a detachment of United States troops under Heilman.
1839. War declared by the sultan of Turkey against Mehemet Ali of Egypt, and his son Ibrahim, deposing them from the government of Egypt and Syria.
1846. The water in lake Ontario had fallen 14 inches since the 24th March. (See [Aug. 21].)
1849. Charles Albert, ex-king of Sardinia, died on his arrival at Portugal, soon after his abdication.
1850. John Melcher, the oldest printer in N. H., died at Portsmouth, aged 90.
1853. Father Gavazzi, an emissary of the pope to America, caused a riot by his preaching at Montreal. A mob attacked him in the pulpit; the military fired upon the people, and 10 persons were killed and 16 wounded.
1854. The emperor and empress of France attended the first agricultural exhibition ever held in Paris.