CHRONOLOGY. 



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Chror.o'o- ncrth side of the river Goomty, on the 19th 



.?}' Dec. Louis XVI II. retires to Petersburg, 



April 3. The pope leaves Rome, which is ta- 

 ken possession of by the French, Feb 26. 

 Rome declared itself an independent republic. 

 The pope dies a captive, Sept. 1799. The 

 French take Alexandria. Alessandria surren- 

 ders to the Austrians and Russian?, July 21-, 

 1799. The French take Malta, July 11. The 

 Swiss troops defeated by the French, and their 

 independency abolished, Sept. 19. Battle be- 

 tween the Irish rebels and the king's forces, tt 

 Kilcullen, May 22. Battle in Connaught, where 

 the French aided the Irish rebels, and were all 

 taken pri5oners, Sept. 7. The English destroy 

 the basons, gates, and sluices of the cannl at 

 Bruges, May 19. The French seize Genoa. 

 The French land at Killala Bay., Aug. 22, 150O 

 men, who surrender on Sept. 7* Piediront sur- 

 rendered to the French, Dec. 6. Naval battle 

 of Aboukir, in which the French fleet of 17 

 sail of the lir.e is totally defeated, and nine of 

 them taken, by Sir H. Nelson, Aug. 1. Sir 

 J. B. Warren defeats a French fleet of nine sail 

 off the coast of Ireland, and takes five of them, 

 Oct. 12. War between France, Naples, and 

 Sardinia, Nuv. Earthquake at Sienna, by which 

 50 persons perished, May 25. The Turks de- 

 clare war against France. Two comets appear ; 

 see ASTRONOMY, p. 8lG. T. Pennant, ob. zt. 



1799. Corsica rtrltpqiiiiheJ. Ancona surrenders to the 

 Imperialists, Nov. 13. Battle between the 

 French and Neapolitans near Naples, Jan. 18. 

 The archduke Charles defeats the French, and 

 takes 2000 prisoners, March 14, 26, near Stock- 

 ach. The French defeated near Verona, March 

 5, 25, and 26 ; and on the 30th, and April 5. 

 The French defeated by the Austrians, April 

 19. and 20, near Cremona; by the Russians 

 near Milan, April 27, 11,000 killed and taken 

 prisoners ; hear Cassano, April 27. Bonaparte 

 is repulsed at Acre by the Turks and Sir Sidney 

 Smith, April 16 ; defeated near the Adda, 

 March 26, 31, and May 5 ; defeated by Su- 

 warrow near Alessandria, May 17 ; defeated at 

 Zurich, with the loss of 4000 men, June 4 ; by 

 Suwarrow, June 19, when the French lost 

 18,268 men. Tippoo Saib defeated and slain 

 near Periapatam in the East Indies by the Eng- 

 lish forces, May 4. Massena defeats the Aus- 

 trians near Coire, May 7. The archduke de- 

 feats Jourdan, April 2. Kray defeats the 

 French under Scherer in Italy, April 18. Su- 

 warrow defeats the French at the passage of 

 the Adda, May 23. Bonaparte di feated before 

 Acre by Sir Sidney Smith, May 27. Cardinal 

 Ruffo defeats the French at Naples, June 5. 

 Suwarrow defeats Macdonald near Parma, with 

 the loss of 10.000 men and four generals, July 

 12; Moreau, Juiy 18; and Joubert, who was 

 &lain at^Novi, Aug. 15, along with 10,000 kill- 

 ed. The French defeated n-ar Tranto, June 

 19; near Maliheim, Aug. 12. The Imperialists 

 defeated near Zurich, Sept. 21. The French 

 defeated near Mcmlovi, Nov. 6 ; near Philips- 

 burgh, with the luss of 4000 men, Dec, 3 ; 



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near Coni, which surrenders to the Aiiftrians, Chror.o!*- 

 Dec. 4. The Austrians defeated near G'noa, ^1_^ 

 Dec. 12. Corfu taken by the Russians, Mar. "" ""'"""' 

 3. St Elmo surrenders to the Neapolitans, 

 July 12. Capua surrenders to the aliier,. July 

 26. Mantua retaken by the Russians, July 28, 

 The French take Naples, June al ; which is re- 

 taken by Cardinal RuiTo, July 10. The Dutch 

 fleet in the Texel surrenders to Admiral Mit- 

 chell, Aug. 29. Tortona taken by the French, 

 July 5 ; and surrendered to the Imperialists, 

 Aug. 11. Citadd of Turin surrenders, May 

 17. Urbino surrendered to the Austrians, July 

 10. Holland invaded by the English, Aug. 

 27 ; abandoned by a convention, Oct. 19. Me* 

 teor'c stones fell on the 5th April, near Baun- 

 rouge, on the Mississippi. Twa comets appear ; 

 see ASTRONOMY, p. 816. Cli. Borda, ob. ret. 

 6k L. Galvani, ob. set. 55. Marmontel, ob, 

 L. Spallan/.ani, ob. 



1800. Bonaparte's life attempted by an explosion of 

 combustibles, Dec. 2k Battle of Novi, Aus- 

 trians and French, Jan. 8 ; of Savons, in Italy, 

 April 8 ; of Veragio, April 10, the French de- 

 feated ; of Stockacli, May 1, the Austrians de- 

 feated ; of Moskirch, May 3, ditto ; of Marengo, 

 600 J Austrians killed, and 8000 prisoners taken, 

 June 21 ; of Hohenlinden, Austrians defeated, 

 Nov. 3 ; on the Mincio, Dec. 25, Austrians de- 

 feated. Genoa taken by the English and Aus- 

 trians in May, and surrendered to the French in 

 July. The French seize Tuscany. Union act 

 for Ireland passed, July 2. Batavia taken by 

 the English, Sept. 12. Earthquake at Con- 

 stantinople, Oct. 24. Cura$oa taken by the 

 English, Sept. 14. Inundation at St Domingo, 

 which destroyed 1400 persons, Oct. Northern 

 confederacy against England. W. Cowper, ob. 

 set. 69. Dr Jos. Black, ob. set. 73. 



NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



1801. Jan. 1. Planet Ceres discovered by Piazzi. Union 

 with Ireland carried into effect, Jan. 1. Abou- 

 kir surrenders to the English, Mar. 18. French 

 defeated by the English at the battle of Rha- 

 monia, in Egypt, March. 21. Cairo taken by 

 the English and Turks, June 21. Madeira sur- 

 renders to the English, July 25. Naples oc- 

 cupied by the French, April 8. Lord Nelson 

 takes and destroys the Danish fleet of 28 sail 

 off Copenhagen, Sept. 2. Defeat of the French 

 fleet near Cadiz, in which two 74's are burnt 

 and one taken, July 16. Peace between France 

 and Austria, Feb. 9. War between Portugal 

 and Spain, Feb. 28. Peace between France and 

 Naples, March ; between Spain and Portugal, 

 June 10; between France and Portugal, S.'pt. 

 29. The English take Alexandria, Aug. 22. 

 War between France and Turkey, Oct. 17. 

 The Danish island St Bartholomew taken by 

 the English, March 20. The tirst imperial par- 

 liament in England held in January. Northern 

 confederacy against England dissolved by a Bri- 

 tish fleet. The Danish island St Martins taken 

 by the English, Mar. 24. Dulomicu, ob. A 

 comet appears ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 816. 

 1802. Sir R. Abercromby defeats the French before 

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