1641. Simon Baskerville, a learned and wealthy English physician, died. He obtained great distinction, honors and a large fortune, by his success in the practice of medicine.
1641. Battle of Lansdowne, between the parliamentary and king's forces; a sanguinary action.
1644. York taken by the armies of the parliament.
1685. Battle of Sedgemoore; the duke of Monmouth's rebel army defeated. The misguided nobleman was taken napping in a dry ditch, with the George and 200 guineas in his pocket.
1715. Charles Ancillon, an eminent French lawyer, died. He was made inspector of the French courts of justice in Berlin, and historiographer to the king.
1758. The English and provincials under Abercrombie embarked on lake George against Ticonderoga and Crown point, on board 125 whaleboats and 900 batteaux. The army consisted of nearly 16,000 effective men, of whom about 9,000 were provincials, and was attended by a formidable train of artillery.
1758. General lord Howe was killed in a skirmish before Ticonderoga. With him it is said "the soul of the army expired."
1767. John Key, said to have been the first person born in Philadelphia, died at Kennet, Pa., aged 85.
1770. A naval action between the Turks and Russians took place, and while two of the leading ships of each party were grappled together, they took fire and blew up, carrying destruction and death to all around.
1775. Birthday of William Crotch, a musical prodigy, who excited universal astonishment at London by his performances on the organ, at the age of three years.