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CUronolo- and a bullock, on the 20th August. Bender ta- 



ffy- ken, Oct. 8. Surrender of Ghent, Nov. 23, and 



"""V" of Brussels, Dec. 12. Earthquake in Tuscany, 



which caused great devastation, Sept. 30. Dr 

 Herechel discovers the 6th and 7th satellites of 

 Saturn. 



1790. A great shower of meteoric stones fell in the south 



of France, on the 24th of July. Assignats is- 

 sued in France, April 17. About 4500 religi- 

 ous houses suppressed in France. Titles of ho- 

 nour abolished in France. Earthquake in West- 

 moreland, March 6. Two comets appear ; see 

 ASTRONOMY, p. 816. Dr Cullen, ob. set. 77. 

 General Roy, ob. Dr Henry, ob. 



1791. Political riot in Birmingham, July 14. The king, 



queen, and royal family of France, attempting 

 to escape out of the kingdom, are brought back 

 prisoners to Paris, June 21. Insurrection of 

 35,000 negroes at St Domingo, Sept. Protes- 

 tants allowed to have churches in France. Ban* 

 galore taken by Cornwallis. Battle of Seringa- 

 patam. The French defeated by the Austrians 

 near Mons, April SO. At Constantinople, 

 32,000 houses were destroyed by an earthquake 

 between March and July. Earthquake in Scot- 

 land, in October ; in Sicily and Calabria, Octo- 

 ber ; at Lisbon, November 27 ; at Zant, in the 

 Adriatic, December 2. City of Washington in 

 America founded. An act in favour of the Ra- 

 man Catholics passed. Dr Pi ice, ob. xt. 68. 



1792. France declares itself a republic. Leopold, em- 



peror of Germany, poisoned, March 1. King 

 of Sweden assassinated, March 10. Earthquake 

 in the counties of Bedford, Leicester, Lincoln, 

 Nottingham, &c. March 2. The lake of Ha- 

 rentoren, which is a mile in circuit, in Ker- 

 ry, sinks into the ground, March 25. The 

 king of France renounces his crown, Aug. 10, and 

 is confined in the Temple. Battle of Scringapa- 

 tarn between Tippoo and Lord Cornwallis. The 

 Austrians defeated at Longwy, Aug. 14. The 

 French defeated at Grand pre, Sept. 10. Battle 

 of Valory, French and Austrians, Sept. 20 ; of 

 Mcnehould, French and Prussians, Oct. 2 ; of 

 Hanau, Oct. 27; of Bossu, Nov. 4; of Je- 

 ir.appe, Nov. 6; of Thirlemont, Nov. 17. The 

 French take Liege. J. Sineaton, ob. act. 68. 

 Sir J. Reynolds, ob. xt. 68. Sir R. Ark- 

 wright, ob. 



1793. Holland invaded by the French. King of France 



tried, Jan. 19, condemned Jan. 20, and put to 

 death, Jan. 22. A piece of lai.d in Finland, 

 4000 square ells in extent, tiunk 15 fathoms in 

 Feb. Queen beheaded, Oct. 16. The Eng- 

 lish, Prussians, Austrians, Sardinians, and Ita- 

 lian States, make war upon France. Admiral 

 Hood takes Toulon. Battle of Hockheim, 

 Austrians and French, Jan. 7 ; of Aldenhoven, 

 Feb. 28 j of Aix-la-Chapelle, Jan. 15; of 

 Tongres, March 4 ; of Jurvienden, March 18; 

 of Thirlemont, March 19; of Lovaine, March 

 22 ; of Coblentz, April 1 ; of Cassel, April 7 ; 

 of Tournay, Austrians, English, and French, 

 May 8; of St Amand, May 10; of Valennes, 

 allies and French, May 23 ; of Manheim, May 

 SO; of Fumes, Dutch and French, June 21, 

 and Austrians and French, June 26 ; of Villiers, 

 July 18; of Cambray, Aug. 9 j of Lincelles, 

 Aug. 18; of Fumes, Augi 21 j of Rexmond, 



Aug. 29 ; of Dunkirk, English and French, Cbronolo. 

 Sept. 7 ; of Quesnoy, Sept. 11 ; of Limbach, ^^j^^, 

 Austrians and French, Sept. 12; of Menin, 

 Sept. 15 ; of Toulon, English and French, Oct. 

 1 ; of Weissenburgh, Austrians and French, Oct. 

 14 ; of Maubeuge, allies and the French, Oct. 

 16 ; of Birlemont, Oct. 16 j of Orchies, Oct. 

 20 ; of Wanzenaw, Oct. 25 ; of Landau, Nov. 

 29 ; of Toulon, which surrenders to the French, 

 Nov. 19 ; of Lebach, Nov. 27 ; of Rousillon, 

 Spaniards and French, Dec. 11 ; of Perpignan, 

 Dec. 20. The French under Moreau take 

 Ypres, June 1~. Earthquake at Domingo, 

 April ; at Shaftesbury and Salisbury, Sept. 29. 

 Two comets appear; see ASTRONOMY, p. 816. 

 Principal Robertson, ob. act 72. 



1794. Twelve meteoric stones fell near Sienna in Tus- 

 cany, on the 16th of June. Insurrection of the 

 negroes at St Domingo. Slave trade abolished 

 by the French, Feb. 4. The French take Aix- 

 la-Chapelle, Sept. 21. Antwerp taken, July 

 24. Battle of Oppenheim, between the allies 

 and French, Jan. 8 ; of Waterloo, Jan. 23 ; of 

 Werwick, March 1 ; of Bayonne, Spaniards 

 and French, March 19; of Perle, allies and 

 French, March 22; of Cateau, March 28; 

 of Cracow, Russians and Pules, April 4 ; 

 of Durkheim, allies and French, April 5 ; of 

 Piedmont, Sardinians and French, April 6 ; of 

 Crombeck, allies and French, April 14th ; of 

 Arlon, April 17; of Warsaw, Russians and 

 Poles, April 21 ; of Landrtcy, allies and French, 

 April 24 ; of Cambray, English and French, 

 April 24 ; of Cateau, April 26 ; of Courtray, 

 allies and French, April 29 ; of Ostend, May 

 5 ; of Montesquan, Spaniards and French, May 

 1 ; of Aosta, Sardinians and French, May 2 ; 

 of Saorgia, May 8 ; of Tournay, English and 

 French, May IS ; of Bouillon, allies and French; 

 of Tournay, May 22 ; of Lautern, May 23 ; of 

 Lithuania, Russians and Poles, June 3 ; of Pi- 

 lic/.ke ; of Barcelona, Spaniards and French, 

 June 14 ; of Charleroi, Dutch and French, June 

 17; of Cracow, Prussians and Poles; of Aost, 

 Sardinians and French, June 26 ; of Puycerda, 

 Spaniards and French, June 26 ; of Manheim, 

 allies and French, July 12 ; of Fontarabia, Spa- 

 niards and French, Aug. 2; of Bellegarde, Spa- 

 niards and French, Aug. 26 ; of valley of Leira, 

 Sept. 8 ; of Macstricht, allies and French, Sept. 

 18; of Clermont, Sept. 20; of Piedmont, Sept. 

 23 ; of Posnania, Prussians and Poles, Sept. 24 ;, 

 of Milan, Sardinians and French, Sept. 31 ; of 

 Emmerick, allies and French, Oct. 2 ; of War- 

 saw, in which the Prussians totally defeat the 

 Poles, Oct. 12 ; ofDruten, English and French, 

 Oct. 20; of Pdmpeluna, Spaniards and French, 

 Oct. 28 ; of Nimeguen, allies and French, Nov. 

 4 ; of Sendomir, Poles and Prussians, &c. Nov. 

 16 ; of Navarre, Spaniards and French, Nov. 

 25 ; of Mentz, allies and French, Dec. 1. The 

 French take Bergen-op-Zoom, Bois-le-duc, Bre- 

 da, and Brussels taken. TheFrench take Charleroi, 

 June 26; Cleves and Landrecy, July 15. StLucia 

 taken by the English. The French take Maes- 

 t rich t, Nov. 4. Namur, by the French, July 13, and 

 Treves. Telegraphs, invented in 1687, used by 

 the French this year. Lord Howe defeats the 

 French fleet, aud takes 6 ships of war, June 



