1678. The expedition under La Salle arrived at Quebec from France; count Frontenac being governor of Canada.
1712. Sidney, earl of Godolphin, died. He began his political life under Charles II; voted for the exclusion of the duke of York, but became minister to the same person when James II; voted for a regency when James fled; became minister to William III, and under queen Anne became premier.
1745. Arthur Bedford, a learned English clergyman, died. He made great exertions for the reformation of the drama.
1775. Andrew Foulis, a learned Scottish printer, died. From his press issued some of the finest specimens of correct and elegant printing that were produced in the eighteenth century.
1776. The British under general Howe took possession of New York.
1777. Washington left Philadelphia and crossed the Schuylkill with the remains of his army, determined to give battle to sir Wm. Howe wherever he could meet him.
1784. The first ærial voyage made in England by Vincent Lunardi, an Italian.
1793. Battle at Parmesans; the French defeated by the Prussians under the duke of Brunswick, with the loss of 3,000 taken prisoners, and 27 cannon. Same day Wurmser advanced upon the French lines at Lauter and Weissenburg, and carried by assault the different redoubts, took all their tents and 26 cannon, and would have destroyed the greater part of the army had not their retreat been favored by a fog.
1794. Battle of Boxtel; the French under Pichegru defeated the Prussians. The French under Jourdan also defeated the Austrians under Clairfait.
1797. Lazarus Hoche died; a brave and intrepid general in the French army during the revolution.