1799. Bonaparte set out from Cairo on his disastrous expedition to Syria.
1802. Port au Paix in Hayti taken by the French. The blacks set it on fire and blew up two forts.
1803. Jean Francois de la Harpe, an eminent French orator, critic, poet and dramatic writer, died.
1804. His catholic majesty, Charles IV, renounced his protest against the alienation by France of Louisiana to the United States.
1807. Bill for abolishing the British slave trade passed the house of lords.
1808. Russia declared war against Sweden.
1809. Portugal invaded by the French under Soult.
1809. George Zoega, a celebrated Danish antiquary, died.
1818. Thomas Morris, a British officer, died, aged 74. He fought by the side of Montgomery in Canada during the French war, was taken by the Indians, and narrowly escaped burning at the stake. On quitting the army he published an account of his captivity, and in the retirement of a small cottage passed some years in the pursuits of literature.
1841. Union of Upper and Lower Canada; Lord Sydenham taking the oath of office as governor of the united provinces.