1760. Unsuccessful attack on the fort at Ninety-Six, by 200 Cherokee Indians.
1776. The Americana under Col. Bull burnt the British ship Inverness and six
other vessels, near Savannah, laden for England.
1779. Battle of Briar Creek, when the Americans were surprised by the British under Provost, and lost 150 killed and 162 prisoners.
1780. Joseph Highmore, an eminent English painter, died. He was also a writer of considerable merit.
1791. The church plate in France was sent to the mint for coinage.
1792. Robert Adam, a Scotch architect, died. In connection with his brother, he built some of the first mansions in London; but the work for which they are chiefly celebrated, is the elegant range called the Adelphi, a Greek word denoting the relationship of brothers.
1796. Civic festival at the Hague on occasion of the installation of the Batavian national assembly.
1799. The advance guards of the French army arrived before Jaffa (the ancient Joppa) in Syria, and invested the city.
1802. County of St. Lawrence, in New York, erected.