1775. General Putnam joined the patriot band at Concord, having rode his horse about 100 miles in 18 hours.
1777. First constitution of New York state adopted.
1792. French declared war against Francis I, as king of Hungary and Bohemia.
1795. Treaty between the French convention and the Chouans.
1798. Jenkins, known in London as the tall clerk, died. His outer coffin measured 8 feet. He was buried under the floors of the banking house which covered a part of St. Christopher's burying ground. £200 had been offered for his body.
1798. Engagement between the British ship Mars, 74 guns, Capt. A. Hood, and French ship L'Hercule, 74 guns, and 700 men. The British captured the Frenchman, but with the loss of Capt. Hood killed.
1809. Battle of Abensburgh; the Austrian army defeated by Napoleon, who took about 10,000 prisoners and 40 cannon. This defeat broke the lines of the Austrians, and exposed them to farther misfortunes.
1810. Great fire at Constantinople, 8,000 houses burnt.
1812. George Clinton, vice-president of the United States, died. He was a member of the colonial assembly at the breaking out of the revolution, when he received the appointment of brigadier-general. He was selected governor of New York five times.
1813. The advance of the British and Indians appeared before Fort Meigs.