1779. David Garrick, the actor, died. He formed a new era in the English stage,
a reform both in the conduct and license of the drama, which was honorable to the genius that had the power to effect it.
1781. A revolt of 160 of the Jersey line at Morristown. It was suppressed and two of the ringleaders executed.
1783. The Independence of the United States acknowledged by Great Britain.
1788. George Joachim Zollikofer, a Swiss divine, died. He was born 1730, and became one of the most eminent preachers of the last century. His sermons have been published in 15 vols.
1788. Australia first colonized, nearly three centuries after the discovery of the Ladrones by Magellan, which constitute a part of it. Governor Philip arrived with a number of convicts from England, and established a colony at Port Jackson in preference to Botany Bay.
1790. John Howard, the philanthropist, died at Cherson in Russia, aged 63. He had taken up his residence at this settlement on the Baltic sea; a malignant fever prevailing there, he was prompted by humanity to visit a patient laboring under the contagion, when he received the infection, and died in consequence.
1790. Lafayette, in the assembly of the states general supported the motion for the abolition of titles of nobility, from which period he renounced his own, and never afterwards resumed it.
1795. The French under Pichegru entered Amsterdam, and Geertruidenberg capitulated to Gen. Bonneau.
1795. A great fire occurred at Bergen in Norway, when 60 houses and a great many stores were burnt.