1691. Baltimore in Ireland taken by the English under general Ginkle.
1711. The fleet of transports containing 5,000 troops from England and Flanders, designed for the reduction of Canada, arrived at the port of Boston, under sir Hoveden Walker, after a passage of one month's duration.
1725. A general assembly of the kirk of Scotland met at Edinburgh.
1731. A person sentenced at the old Bailey court of London to be hanged for forgery; said to have been the first capital punishment for that offence.
1737. Francis le Moine, an excellent French painter, ran himself through with a sword in a fit of lunacy.
1738. Birthday of George III of England. He began his reign at the age of 22, and occupied the throne 60 years.
1744. Anson arrived in England after a voyage of three years round the world.
1745. Battle of Hohenfriedberg, between the army of Frederick II of Prussia, and that of prince Charles of Lorrain, in which the latter was defeated with the loss of 4,000 killed and 7,000 prisoners.
1745. Alexis Normand, advocate of the parliament of Paris, died; justly celebrated for his love of justice.
1746. Battle of San Lazaro; the French defeated in an assault upon the Austrian camp, with the loss of 15,000 killed, wounded, and prisoners, 60 colors and 10 cannon.