1800. The county of Greene, in New York, erected.
1801. The British army in Egypt reinforced by the Turks.
1808. Charles IV of Spain wrote to Bonaparte protesting against his abdication in favor of Ferdinand VII, as having been extorted from him by force, at the same time offering to place himself and the royal family in Bonaparte's power.
1809. Anna Seward, an English poetess, died. She exhibited an early taste for poetry, and her poems were popular in their day, and often republished. She held a correspondence with the literati of her time, and her letters were published in six volumes, octavo.
1810. Bonaparte issued a decree giving liberty to all state prisoners in France, and a free pardon to all deserters.
1811. Battle of Campo Major in Portugal, in which the British under Gen. Beresford defeated the French, took 600 prisoners, and drove them to Badajos.
1811. British frigate Amazon destroyed off cape Barfleur by part of the Cherbourg squadron.
1811. Every printing press in Paris obnoxious to Bonaparte, suppressed by the police.
1812. George Frederick Cooke, an eminent English actor, died. He was first engaged as a printer, and afterwards in the navy; but left these for the stage, and acquired a reputation seldom attained, in the highest walks of the drama.
1815. Confirmatory pact signed at Vienna, by which the allied powers solemnly united their forces to maintain the treaty of Paris against Bonaparte.