1781. Lord Cornwallis, with a vastly superior force, compelled the marquis La Fayette to evacuate Richmond.
1794. Battle of Kaiserslautern, in which the Prussian general Mollendorf surprised the French camp, killed 1000, and took 2000 prisoners, and 20 cannon.
1798. Battle of Oulart Hill; the United Irishmen under father Murphy defeated the English, and massacred all but five. Same day, a large body of Irishmen defeated at Kilthomas hill, 150 killed, and 100 cabins and 2 chapels burnt.
1799. Addison's library sold by auction in London on this and the three following days, 70 years after his death, when it brought about $2,000.
1811. Richard Penn, one of the proprietors, and governor of Pennsylvania before the revolution, died in England.
1811. Henry Dundas, lord Melville, a distinguished British statesman, died.
1813. The American army landed in Canada under cover of the fire from Chauncey's fleet, and carried fort George by assault. The vanguard landed first, consisting of Forsyth's riflemen, and the Albany and Baltimore volunteers, under Col. Scott.
1817. A Tunisian corsair of 12 guns, with two prizes, under Oz Maney, were captured near Dover, England, by two British revenue cutters.
1832. St. Jean d'Acre in Palestine taken from the Turks by the pasha of Egypt.
1840. Great freshet in the Savannah river; the city of Augusta and town of Hamburgh entirely submerged; the water rising 35 feet above low water mark. The destruction of property was very great.