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CHRONOLOGY. 



A. a A. D. 



Alexandria, Mar. 21, and died a few days after 

 of hit wounds. Peace between England, France, 

 Spain, and Holland, Mar. '.'7. The planet Pal- 

 las discovered by Olbors, Mar. 28. Foundation 

 stone of the London Docks laid, June 26. 

 t India Docks opened, Aug. 21. Crcma, 

 in Upper Hungary, nearly destroyed by an 

 earthquake, June 12. Stockholm nearly de- 

 stroyed by fire, Nov. 15. Stadtholder of Hol- 

 land renounced by the Prince of Orange, in a 

 treaty with France, July. Life-boats invented 

 by Mr Greathead, who was rewarded by par- 

 liament in May. A comet appears ; see AS- 

 TRONOMY, p. 816. Dr Darwin, ob. 



1803. About 3000 meteoric stones, the largest of which 



weighed 17 pounds, fell at Aigle, in France, on 

 the 26th of April. On the 5th of October, an- 

 other shower of stones fell at Avignon. On 

 the 13th December, another shower of stones 

 fell at Messing, in Bohemia. All the British 

 in France detained prisoners of war in May. 

 Bonaparte makes offers to Louis XVIII. to in- 

 duce him to relinquish the crown in his favour, 

 Feb. 26. War between England and France. 

 Scindiah defeated by the English, Aug. 11. 

 Demerara surrenders to the English, Sept. 23. 

 The French take Lubec, June. The English 

 take Tobago, June 30. Hanover occupied by 

 the French, June 14. A brilliant meteor, which 1806. 

 rendered legible the writing on the signs at 

 London, appeared at half-past-cight in the even- 

 ing, Nov. 18. Dr Beattie, ob. zt. 68. 



1804. A large meteoric stone fell at Fossil, near Glas- 



gow, on the 5th April. Another meteoric 

 ttone fell at Apt, in the department of Vau- 

 cluse, on the 6th October. France formed into 

 an empire. May 5, and Napoleon Bonaparte 

 crowned emperor, Dec. 2. A fleet of India- 

 men, under Captain Dance, drives off a squa- 

 dron of French ships of the line, Feb. 15. Go- 

 ree taken by the English, Mar. 9. Earthquake 

 in Holland, which makes the chandeliers in 

 Maaslin church vibrate two or three feet, Ja- 

 nuary. The Emperor of Germany assumes the 

 title of Emperor of Austria, Aug. 11. War 

 between England and Spain, Dec. 14. The 

 planet Juno discovered by Mr Harding, Sept 1. 

 A comet appears ; see ASTRONOMY, p. 816. 

 Dr Priestly, ob. set. 71. 



1805. Letters of marque issued against Spain, Jan. 11. 

 The London Wet Docks opened, Jan. SI. A 

 French squadron from Rochfort levied contri- 

 butions on some of the West India islands. Feb. 

 21. Bonaparte assumes the title of King of 

 Italy, Mar. 18. Holkar defeated by the Eng- 

 lish at the battle of Bhurtpore, April 2. Schim- 

 melpenninck made Grand Pensionary of the 

 Dutch government, May 1. The Ligurian re- 

 public united with France, May 25. Lord 

 Melville impeached, June 26. Meteoric stones 

 fell in one of the squares of Constantinople, in 

 the month of June. Treaty between France 

 and Naples ratified at Portici, Oct. 8. Marquis 

 Cornwalln dies at Ghauzepore, Oct. 5, zt. 67. 

 Battle of Guntzburg, in which the French de- 

 feat the Austrians, Oct. 2. Battle of Ulm, in 

 which the French take the Auitrians prisoners, 



Oct. 19. Ulm surrendered by General Mack Chronolo. 

 with SO.OOO men. The French defeat the A us- fT- 

 trians at Moelk, Nov. 10 ; at Loeben, Nov. 13 ; ~*~~*r~~' 

 and at Dicrnstein, Nov. 14. The French take 

 Vienna, Nov. 13. The imperial palace of Scho- 

 enbrunn taken by the French, Nov. 14. Pres- 

 burg taken by the French, Nov. l/>. Battle of 

 Tinterdorfi", in which the French beat the Aus- 

 trians and Russians, Nov. 16. Battle of Aus- 

 terlitz, in which the Austrians and Russians are 

 completely defeated by the French, Dec. 2. 

 Sir Robert Calder captures two sail of Spanish 

 ships, after an engagement of four hours with 

 the combined fleet off Ferrol. Battle of Tra- 

 falgar, in which Lord Nelson was killed, after 

 having nearly taken and destroyed the combined 

 fleets of France and Spain, Oct. 21. Sir R. 

 Strachan takes four French ships of the line 

 off Cape Ortegal, Nov. 4. Treaty of Pres- 

 burg, between France and Austria, Dec. 27. 

 Treaty concluded with Scindiah by General 

 Lake, Nov. 22. Peace with Holkar, Dec. 24. 

 An earthquake at Eisenhartz, in Styria, July 24. 

 An earthquake at Naples and its vicinity, in 

 which 20,000 lives are lost, July 26. A shock 

 of an earthquake felt in many parts of Rome, 

 July 30. 1 wo comets appear ; see ASTRONO- 

 MY, p. 816. 



Hanover occupied by the Prussians. Admiral 

 Duckworth took and destroyed five French ships 

 of the line in the bay of St Domingo. Public 

 funeral of the Right Hon. William Pitt, (who 

 died Jan. 23), Feb. 22. Two meteoric stones 

 fell at Etienne and Valence, on the 15th of 

 March. French squadron under Ltnois cap- 

 tured on its return from India, by Sir J. B. War- 

 ren, March 13. Prince of Orange dies, April 

 22. Trial of Lord Melville commenct s in West- 

 minster-hall, April 29. The island of Capri ta- 

 ken by Sir Sidney Smith, April 22. A meteo- 

 ric stone falls at Basingstoke, Hants, on the 17th 

 May. Louis Bonaparte proclaimed King of Hol- 

 land, at St Cloud, Paris, June 5. A resolu- 

 tion for the abolishing of the slave trade adopt- 

 ed, on the motion of Mr Fox, in the House of 

 Commons, June 10. A similar resolution adopt- 

 ed, on the motion of Lord Grenvillc, in the 

 House of Lords, June 24. Lord Melville ac- 

 quitted, June 12. The brilliant victory of Maida 

 gained by Sir John Stuart, over Gen. Regnier. 

 Confederation of the Rhine established. July 12. 

 Gxta taken by the French, July 13. Pi-ace be- 

 tween France and Russia, signed at Paris, by 

 M. d'Oubril, the Russian ambassador, but not 

 ratified by the Emperor of Russia, Aug. 13. 

 Surrender of Buenos Ayres, &c. to Major Ge- 

 neral Beresford and Sir Home Popham, July 28. 

 Francis 1 1. resigns the office of Emperor of Ger- 

 many, Aug. 7- A manifesto against the go- 

 vernment of France, published by the Emperor 

 of Russia, Aug. 30. A tremendous hurricane 

 at Di.minico and Martinico, Sept. 9. Mr Fox 

 died, Sept. 13. Sir Samuel Hood, with the 

 Centaur and Monarch, captuns four French 

 frigates. Hostil.ties between the French and 

 Prussians begin, by a skirmish near the bridge 

 of Saalfeld, where Prince Ferdinand Louis of 



