1791. Thomas Blacklock, an eminent Scottish poet and divine, died. His talents and acquirements were the more extraordinary, when it is considered that he lost his eye sight at the age of six months, by small pox.
1797. Congress declared the existing treaties with France no longer obligatory.
1798. Washington appointed lieutenant general of the armies of the United States.
1799. William Curtis, a distinguished English botanist, died. His great work, the Flora Londinensis, gave him an enduring reputation.
1799. The Kennet and Avon canal in England was opened.
1808. Desperate action, at night, between the British ship Sea Horse and Turkish frigate Badere Zaffer, 52 guns and 500 men, and another Turkish ship of 24 guns. At daylight the Badere struck, having 165 killed and 195 wounded; the other escaped. Sea Horse had 5 killed, 9 wounded.
1809. Cuxhaven, a fortified town of Hanover, taken by storm, by the boats of a British squadron.
1809. St. Domingo surrendered to the British and Spaniards.
1814. The three estates of the British realm offer public thanksgiving at St. Paul's for the peace of Europe.
1814. The United States troops under major general Brown, attacked the British at Chippewa; the latter retreated, and in the evening the Americans occupied their works.