The Every Day Book of History and Chronology / Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time

by Joel Munsell

1800. Earthquake at Constantinople, destroyed the royal palace and many other buildings.

1803. Edmund Pendleton, a distinguished Virginia statesman, died. He was a member of the first congress.

1803. John Penn, one of the signers of the declaration of American independence from Virginia, died.

1807. Treaty of Fontainbleau, between Bonaparte and Spain, for the conquest of Portugal.

1807. Russia declared war against Great Britain.

1811. Saguntum surrendered by the Spanish to the French under Suchet. Same day the Spaniards defeated the

French at Puycezda, and pursued them into the French territories, where they levied heavy contributions.

1816. Doctorow, the Russian general, died at Moscow.

1822. It was ordered in the Netherlands that the national language alone, the Dutch or Flemish, should be used in schools.

1825. Canal celebration at Albany.