1776. Fort Washington surrendered to the British under general Cornwallis. Col. Magaw, finding the fort too small to contain all the men, the ammunition nearly exhausted, and the force of the assailants too great to be resisted, surrendered the garrison, 2,800 men, prisoners of war. It is supposed that 1,200 of the British were killed or wounded.
1796. Battle of Arcola, which lasted two days, terminated in favor of the French. This determined the fate of Mantua.
1806. Schah Allum, the great mogul or emperor of Delhi, died, aged 82.
1811. Serious riots in Nottingham, Eng.; the journeymen weavers destroyed the articles of machinery which diminished labor.
1812. The French under Davoust left Smolensk, having set fire to it in every quarter, and blown up the fortifications; and amidst this immense burning shower they issued forth like destroying angels, to join Bonaparte at Krasnoy.
1813. William Franklin died in England, aged 82. He was the son of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, and formerly British governor of New Jersey.
1838. Battle near Prescott, Canada, between 100 insurgents posted at a windmill, and 1,000 British troops. The former surrendered unconditionally. Their loss in 4 days was 102 killed, and 162 taken prisoners; the rest escaped into the woods.
1847. Poland blotted from among the nations of Europe, by Prussia, Austria and Russia.
1848. Great popular movements in Italy. Count Rossi, the prime minister, slain, as he entered the senate chamber at Rome. The pope's palace besieged.
1855. The powder in the French siege train, at Sebastopol, 100,000 pounds, exploded, killing and wounding a great number.