1804. Goree taken by the French from the English.
1806. Eugene Napoleon Beauharnais married to Augusta Amelia, daughter of the king of Bavaria.
1810. Lyon Levy, a jeweler, threw himself from the monument in London.
1811. Gen. Junot wounded in the face by a musket ball, while reconnoitering the British lines.
1813. Battle at Frenchtown in Michigan, between the United States troops and the British and Indians, when the latter were defeated. American loss, 12 killed, 55 wounded.
1815. The British decamped from before Fort St. Philip, on the Mississippi, which they had bombarded from the 9th. About 12 o'clock at night they took to their boats, leaving 80 of their wounded, 14 pieces heavy artillery, and a great quantity of shot.
1815. Stanislaus, chevalier de Bouffleurs, died at Paris, aged 78. He was the son of the marchioness de Bouffleurs, mistress of Stanislaus, king of Poland. He distinguished himself in the army, which however he left to give his attention to literature. He was considered one of the most ingenious men of his time, and was noted for the elegance of his manners and conversation. The epitaph on his tomb, written by himself, is characteristic of him: Mes amis, croyez vous que je dors?
1816. Thanksgiving throughout England on the restoration of peace.
1819. John Willson, died in London, aged 52. He sometime held the chief command at Ceylon, and subsequently administered the government of Upper Canada.
1826. Ommeganck, one of the most celebrated Dutch landscape painters, died at