1724. Louis I, king of Spain, died of small pox; in consequence his father, the abdicated monarch, resumed the throne.
1746. Fort Massachusetts, situated in the town of Adams, surrendered to the French and Indians. It was garrisoned with 22 men under captain Hawks, when attacked by 900 French and Indians. The little band kept the horde at bay while their ammunition lasted, and then capitulated on promise of protection—to be humanely treated, and none delivered to the Indians. In violation of the terms, Vaudreuil delivered one half to the irritated savages. Hawks lost but one man in the siege; while the loss of the enemy was afterwards ascertained to have been 47.
1756. Thomas Winslow, a native of Ireland, died, aged 146.
1760. James M'Donald, died at Cork, Ireland, aged 117, and 7 feet 6 inches in stature.
1768. Joseph Spence, an eminent English poet and critic, drowned in a canal in his garden.
1783. John Demeste died; chaplain and chief surgeon in the army of the prince of Liege, and known as the author of Letters on Chymistry.
1785. John Baptist Pigalle, a eminent sculptor, died at Paris.
1794. Battle of Miami, in Ohio, between the United States troops under general Wayne, and the British and Indians; the latter were defeated and driven out of the United States. The most hostile tribes were the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnees and Miamis. The number of Indians engaged in this battle was 2000; that of our troops did not amount to 900.
1799. Surinam surrendered to the British under admiral Seymour.
1801. The French garrison at fort Mirabou, at Alexandria, Egypt, surrendered to the British under general Coote.