1733. Barton Booth died; a celebrated tragedian in the reign of queen Anne, author of some songs and minor pieces.
1773. An act of parliament passed, authorizing the East India company to export their own tea, duty 3d. per pound; in consequence of this act they determined to send it to New York, Philadelphia and Boston. In October of the same year the Americans refused to receive it.
1774. Louis XV of France died, in the 60th year of his reign. He outlived the respect of his subjects.
1775. Colonels Allen and Arnold surprised Ticonderoga, which surrendered, without the loss of a man. Crown-point was taken by them the same day.
1775. Carolina Matilda, the divorced queen of Denmark, died at Zell, aged 24: youngest sister of George III.
1779. Portsmouth and Norfolk, Va., taken by the British, and many vessels, stores and houses destroyed.
1781. Lord Rawdon evacuated Camden, after destroying the public and private houses, and much of his own baggage.
1784. Anthony Court de Gebelin, a French writer, died; celebrated as the author of The Primitive World compared with the Modern, a work which the French academy were so well satisfied with that they twice decreed him the annual prize of 1,200 livres for the best work.
1790. The Gabelle Tax in France was abolished. This was a duty on salt capricious and unequal in its operation, which notwithstanding had continued since the beginning of the 14th century.
1793. Clairfait attacked and carried the wood of Hasnon; the slaughter of the French was great.