1734. Battle of Parma, in Italy; the imperialists defeated by the French, and their general and 5,000 men killed.
1754. Lieutenant-governor Delancey opened at Albany a treaty with the Indians, who had been tardy in assembling at the convention of the provinces. A preconcerted speech was delivered, and the presents were distributed in the name of all the colonies.
1779. Anthony Raphael Mengs, an eminent Bohemian painter and author, died at Rome.
1793. Francis Charles Vivot de Sombreuil, a French general, guillotined at Paris, together with his eldest son, for their attachment to the king.
1794. Moreau entered Bruges—British quitted Ostend—French defeated at Guadaloupe.
1810. British ships Amphion, Cerberus and Active, burnt 26 vessels in the harbor of Grao, Spain, and brought off 26 with their cargos.
1811. French took fort Olivo by stratagem, and captured 900 Spaniards without firing a gun.
1813. British sloop of war Persian, wrecked on the Silver keys, in chasing the American privateer Saucy Jack.
1813. Valentine Green, an English mezzotinto engraver, died. Besides his great merit as an artist, he is also known as the author of a valuable work on antiquities.
1816. Pope Pius VII issued his bull against Bible societies, and prohibited the circulation of Bibles published by heretics, as eminently dangerous to souls.