CHRONOLOGY. 



de divifion Le Rey, under French colours, taken by the 

 Superb, July 13 ; !• 31, dele from fir Ralph, &c. to la- 

 mented. Col. 98, add — 



1 807. — Battle between the French and Ruffians, in which 

 the latter were defeated, Feb. 7. — Battle of Fried- 

 land, in which the Ruffians were defeated with great 

 fiaughter, June 14 — St, Thomas, a Danifh ifland, 

 taken by the Englifh, Dec. 21. 

 i?c8. — Battle of Vimiera, in which the whole of the 

 French force, under general Junot, was defeated by fir 

 Arthur Wellefley, Aug. 21. 

 1809. — Cayenne taken by the Enghlh and Portuguefe, 

 Jan. 15. — Battle of Corunna, in which the French 

 were defeated by the Enghfh, Jan. 16. — Battle of 

 Oporto, in which the French were defeated by fir 

 Arthur Wellcdey, May 1 1 . — Battle of Afpern and 

 Efshng between the French and Auftrians, with dread- 

 ful flaughter on both fides, May 21 and 22. — Pope 

 Pius VII. excommunicated Buonaparte, June 10. — 

 At Raab, Auftrians defeated by the French, June 14. 

 — At Wagram, Auftrians defeated by the French, 

 July 5 — Battle of Talavera de la Reyna, in which the 

 French were defeated by the Englifli and Spaniards, 

 July 27. — Zante, and the reft of the Seven Iflands, 

 furrendered to the Britifh in OSober. — Buonaparte 

 divorced from the emprefs Jofephine, Dec. 17. — 

 General Jubilee through the kingdom, celebrating the 

 entrance of George III. on the 50th year of his reign. 

 iSic. — Ifiands of Faroe and Iceland taken under Britifh 



protection, Feb. 12 Amboyna feized by the Eng- 



iifli, Feb. 17.— Buonaparte married to Mai-ia Louifa 

 of Auftria, April I. — Ifle of Bourbon furrendered to 

 the Britilh, July 10. — Battle of Buzaco, in which the 

 French were repulfed with great /laughter by the allied 

 army under lord Welii^gtG.^, Sept. 27. — Mauritius 

 furrendered to the Biitifh, Dec. 3. 

 181 1. — Population of London, Weftminfter, Borough, 

 and neighbouring diftrifts, appeared to be 1,099,104, 

 being an increale, in two years, of 133,139. — Illand 

 of Java furrendered to the Britifti, Sept. 18. — Battle 

 of Civdad Rodrigo, betv/een the French and allied 

 armies, under lord Wellington, which terminated in 

 an orderly retreat of the latter, Sept. 25. — Cavares 

 and Merida, the French, under general Girard, 

 furpriied and routed by general Hill, Ocl. 28. 

 1:812. — Badajos taken by ftorm by the Britifli and Portu- 

 guefe, April 6. — Spencer Percival, prime minifter of 

 Britain, affaffinated in the lobby of the houfe of com- 

 mons, by John Bellingham, May 11 — Battle of Sala- 

 manca, in which the French were defeated v/ith great 



flaughter by lord WeUington, July 22 Smolenflco, 



the Ruffians defeated by the French, Aug. 16. — 

 Queen's Town, Canada, the army of the United 

 States defeated by the Britifh, Oft. 32.— Polot/1{, 

 the French defeated by the Ruffians, and the place 

 taken by ftorm, OSt. 20. — I'he French driven from 

 Dorogobudfli by the Ruffians, under PlatofT, with 

 great Daughter, Nov. 7. — At Witcpn<, the French, 

 under general ViiSlor, dt:feated by the Ruffians, under 

 Witgenftein, v/ith the iofs of 3COO men, Nov. 14. — 

 Ney's corps, 12,000 of which laid down their arms, 

 defeated by the Ruffian general Millamdovitlh, Nov. 

 17.— At Berezina, the conteft terminated in the cap- 

 ture by Witgenftein of a French divifion of 8800 

 men, Nov. 28.— Near Wihia, a French column was 

 deftroyed by Platoff, when a general and loco pri- 

 foners .were taken, Dec. 11. 



1813 — Concordat figned between pope Pius Vil. and 

 Buonaparte, at For.tainbleau, Jan. 25.— At Bejar, in 

 Spain, the French were defeated by general Hill and 

 the allied Spaniards, Feb. 20. — At Lunenburg, tlie 

 French were defeated by I lie united army of Ruffians 

 and Pruffians, with the Iofs of general Moramd, ico 

 officers, and 2200 privates, and two pieces of cannon, 



Api-il 2 At Fort George, on the Niagara, the 



Britifti were defeated by the Americans, May 27 



At Vittoria, the French, under Jofeph Buonaparte, 

 were defeated by lord Wellington and the alhed" Spa- 

 niards, June 21. — Pyrenees, Soult was defeated, with 

 immenfe (laughter, by lord Wellington and the Spa- 

 niards, July 28. — St. Sebaftian was taken by ftorm, 

 by general Graham, July 31 — Before Drefden, tiie 

 allied army of Auftrians, Ruffians, and Pruffians, was 

 defeated by the French, Auguft 28. — At Toplilz, 

 the French were defeated by the allied Auftrians, 

 Ruffians, and Pruffians, Aug. 30. — At Dennewitz, 

 the French were defeated with great Iofs by the 

 Crown Prince of Sweden, Sept. 8. — At a Moravian 

 village on the Tiiamcs in Canada, the Britifh v.ere 

 defeated by the Americans, Gift. 5.— At Mockcro, a 

 defperate conflift occurred between the French and 

 the alUed army of Auftrians, Ruffians, and Pruffians, 

 the place having been taken and re-taken five times, 

 terminating in a defca of the French, Oft. i : . — 

 Before Leipfic, a fecond general engagement took 

 place, the refult of which was, a Iofs to the French 

 of 10,000 men, in killed, vv-ounded, and prifoners, 

 with 63 pieces of artillery, and the defertion of 17 

 German battalions. Oft. 18. 

 1 8 14. — At Rothieie, the French, under Napoleon, were 

 defeated by the allied Ruffians and Pruffians, with the 

 Iofs of 3000 prifoners, and 26 pieces of cannon, 

 Feb. 21. — Bourdeaux entered by lord Wellington, 

 March 12. — At Tarbes, Soult was defeated by lord 

 Wellington, March 20. — Paris entered by the emperor 

 of Ruliia, at the head of his troops, March 31. — 

 Buonaparte renounced, for himfelf and heirs, the throne 

 of France, and accepted the Ifle of Elba for his retreat, 

 April 5. — The ftates of Parma, Placentia, and Guef- 

 tella, conferred on Maria-Louifa by treaty, April 5. — 

 At Touloufe, the French were defeated by lord Wel- 

 lington, April 10. — Buonaparte embarked for Elba, 

 April 28. — Treaty of Paris figned by the minifters of 

 the alhed fovereigns for the proteftion of France, May 

 30. — Pope Pius VII. returned to Rome, and refumed 

 his funftions in May. — The emperor of Ruffia, v.-ith the 

 king of Pruffia, prince Blucher, and other lUuftrious 

 pcrfons, entered London amidft great rejoicings, June 8. 

 — Inquifition of Spain reftored by Ferdinand VII. 



July 21 A grand jubilee on celebrating the peace, 



and the centenary of the accefllon of the houfe of 

 Brunfwick, Aug. I. — Tufcany, after having been ceded 

 to Buonaparte in 1807, reftored in 1814. — Wa/hing- 

 ton, in North America, taken by the Britifh, and 

 the principal buildings deftroyed by fire, Aug. 24.— 

 Hackney chariots hcenfed in London, not to e.\cecd 



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1815. — Buonaparte quitted Elba, and landed at Cannes, 

 March J.— King of Candy depofed, and the fovc- 

 reig.ity vefted i>i Great Britain, March 2.--Buona- 

 parte arrived at Fontainblcau, March 20. — Treaties 

 for the maintenance of the treaty of Paris, between 

 England, Ruffia, and Pruffia, figred at Vienna, March 

 2?.^Buonap.-irte abolifhed tlie ilave trade, March 29. 

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