1814. Battle of Montereau, in France; Chateau, who commanded the French, was repulsed and mortally wounded; but Gen. Gerard, the second in command, sustained the combat until 2 P. M., when being reinforced by Bonaparte, the Russians were in turn discomfited.
1815. The king of Candy, in Ceylon, surrendered to the British under Gen. Brownrigg.
1815. Treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain ratified by President Madison.
1834. William Wirt died, aged 62. He early became acquainted with Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, and filled several important offices under them with distinguished reputation. As a public and professional man, he was ranked among the first of his time.
1843. The Ameers of the punjaf in India wholly defeated by the British troops under Sir Charles Napier.
1851. Victor Falck, a distinguished French ornithologist, died at Stockholm.
1852. Christopher Anderson died, aged 73; known by his Annals of the English Bible.
1853. An attempt made to assassinate the emperor of Austria by a Hungarian named Lebenyi, who was executed.
1856. Heinrich Heine, the celebrated German poet, died at Paris.