1712. Marchiennes surrendered to the French.
1718. John Hughes and Sarah Drew, two rustic lovers, struck dead by lightning, under the shelter of a hay cock, in England. Pope, Thomson and Gay, have scattered flowers upon their graves.
1718. Fifteen Spanish ships destroyed near Syracuse, by admiral sir George Byng.
1719. Colonel Hunter, departing the province of New York, the chief command devolved on Peter Schuyler, as the oldest member of the board of council.
1750. John V, of Portugal, died. He devoted himself to the encouragement of commerce, literature and industry among his subjects.
1760. Battle of Warburgh; the allies under the hereditary prince Ferdinand, defeated the French, who lost 1,500 killed, and about the same number taken prisoners.
1777. The marquis Lafayette received, by a vote of congress, the appointment of major-general in the American army, being then but 20 years of age.
1786. A booth, at Montpelier, France, where a play was performing, fell and killed 500 persons.
1790. John Edwin, an English comedian, died. It was to his extraordinary talents that O'Keefe's dramas were greatly indebted for their success.
1807. The fortress of Mongal, in Spain, carried by storm and destroyed by the British under Cochrane.