1792. Battle of Mire; the Polish general Judycki, surrounded by the Russians, defeated, and compelled to retreat.
1793. N. Gouvion, a French officer, killed at Maubeuge, on the Sambre. He served in America in the war of the revolution, and at the time of his death was a general in the army of the north.
1793. William Robertson, the Scottish historian, died. His works are popular, and the History of Charles V will be long read with admiration.
1796. St. Vincent, Grenada, and St. Lucia islands in the West Indies were taken by the British.
1798. Bonaparte seized Malta, the key of the Mediterranean, which he garrisoned, and proceeded with the fleet, carrying 20,000 regular troops, to the Egyptian coast.
1800. Samuel Ireland, an ingenious English mechanic, died. He distinguished
himself by his skill in drawing and engraving. He was unjustly accused of an attempt to impose upon the world a spurious volume of letters and papers in the name of Shakspeare. (See [April 17th, 1835].)
1812. A great skirmish of cavalry in Estremadura, Spain, between the English under general Slade, and the French under general Lallemand.
1825. Daniel D. Tompkins, a distinguished New York statesman, died, aged 51. He was vice-president of the United States under Mr. Monroe, and governor of the state of New York.
1828. Dugald Stewart, an eminent Scottish philosopher and writer, died. His philosophical works are well known.