1292. John Baliol crowned king of Scotland at Scone, after swearing fealty to the king of England.
1603. William Gilbert, a learned English physician, died. He discovered some of the properties of the loadstone.
1654. John Selden died; an English antiquary, historian and law writer, of most extensive learning.
1672. The English East India company lost the island of St. Helena; the Dutch taking it.
1700. Battle of Narva; the Russians under Peter the great defeated by the Swedes under Charles XII. The forces of the two armies were unequal; that of the Russians differently stated from 80 to 100,000, while that of the Swedes varies from 8 to 20,000. Charles had a horse killed under him, and was struck in the neck by a ball.
1718. Charles XII, king of Sweden, killed by a musket shot while attacking one of the forts in Frederickshall, Norway.
1733. In consequence of a vast exportation of grain from England, freights nearly doubled and the price of wheat rose in some places to four shillings per bushel.
1750. The nunneries of Begging Friars suppressed in Ireland by the pope for vile and disorderly practices.
1750. Maurice of Saxe, marshal of France, died.
1751. Nicholas Boindin, a French dramatist, died. He left the pursuit of arms for that of literature, and became celebrated for his comedies.