1792. Dr. Priestly and Thomas Paine were elected to the national convention of France.
1794. French national convention decreed the formation of a company of ærostats to superintend the military balloons.
1795. The Dutch colony at the cape of Good Hope taken possession of by the English.
1803. Battle of Assaye, in Hindostan, between the British, 4500 men, under Wellesley, and Scindea's army consisting of 38,500 cavalry, 10,500 regular infantry, 500 matchlocks, and 500 rocket men—total, 50,000 men, with a train of 90 cannon. The latter were defeated.
1806. The American exploring party under captains Lewis and Clarke, returned to St. Lewis, having lost but one of their party.
1807. The British withdrew their troops from Egypt, after having sustained a loss of more than one half by climate and combat.
1813. American frigate President, Com. Rodgers, took the British schooner Highflyer, 5 guns, without any action.
1823. Matthew Baillie died; an eminent English physician, author of a superior work on the morbid anatomy of the human body.
1824. Major Cartwright, an enthusiastic English reformer, died, aged 84. So early as 1775 he published a tract entitled American Independence the Glory and Interest of Great Britain.
1835. Bellini, a celebrated Italian musical composer, died at Paris, aged 29.