1737. All the prisoners for debt in White Chapel jail, England, were discharged by the executors of the will of the late Mr. Wright who paid their debts.
1769. John White, printer and publisher of the Newcastle Courant, died, aged 81. At his decease he was the oldest master printer in England.
1779. Arnold sentenced by court martial to be reprimanded by Gen. Washington.
1782. De Grasse with the French fleet, 29 sail, attacked the British under Hood, 22 sail, but was repulsed with the loss of 1000 killed and wounded. British loss trifling.
1787. The assembly of notables met at Paris, having been called together to assist the king, Louis XVI, and M. Calonne, to raise a revenue to meet the exigencies of the times. M. Calonne presented his new plan of reform and taxation, imposing a share of the burden upon the privileged classes: but as the assembly was composed of these classes they could not make up their minds to impose taxes upon themselves which had hitherto been borne by the lower classes. The assembly was called to help the king and his minister out of a dilemma, but plunged them deeper in trouble, and accelerated the revolution.
1793. The stadtholderate of Holland abolished, and the Batavian republic under the protection of France established.
1793. The senate of Venice acknowledged the French republic.
1795. The French national convention declared Marseilles in a state of siege.
1795. The assembly of the states of Holland met and chose Peter Paulus their president for the term of fifteen days.
1814. The Russians under Blücher passed the Marne and marched upon Troyes. Bonaparte at the same time entered Vitry.