1792. Matthew Tait died at Auchinleck, aged 123.
1793. Lieuts. Gibbs and Mountesy with 21 men of the Lowestoffe frigate seized the tower of Martelli in Corsica, and hoisted the British flag for the first time in that island.
1794. French frigate La Fortunee burnt to prevent her falling into the hands of Lord Hood.
1797. James Dodsley the renowned and rich London bookseller died. He sold 18,000 copies of Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution.
1798. The Irish rebellion, as the discontents were called, commenced.
1799. Jean Charles Borda, a French mathematician, died. He made many improvements in hydraulics, and his experiments for the advancement of science were numerous and successful.
1801. Action off Gibraltar between the British frigate Phebe 36 guns, and the French frigate L'Africaine, 44 guns and 715 men. The Frenchman lost 200 men
killed and 143 wounded, and was captured. British loss 1 killed and 12 wounded.
1802. Nicholas Joseph Selis, a distinguished French poet, died.
1806. Elizabeth Carter, an English poetess, died, aged 89. She acquired nine foreign languages; but the reputation of this learned lady was established by a complete translation from the Greek of the works of Epictetus, with notes.