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and delivered up two of his sons to lord Cornwallis, as hostages for the 

 fulfilment of the treaty. 



Gustavus III, king of Sweden, died on the 29th of March, in consequence of 

 being assassinated by Ankerstrom. 

 1/93 Louis XVI, after having received innumerable indignities from his people, 

 was brought to the scaffold, January 2l» and had his head severed by the 

 guillotine, contrary to the express laws of the new constitution, which 

 had declared the person of the king inviolable. 



On the 25th of March, lord Grenville and count Worenzow signed a con- 

 vention at London on behalf of his Britannic majesty and the empress 

 of Russia, to employ their forces, conjointly, in a war against France. 

 Treaties were also entered into with the king of Sardinia and the prince 

 of Hesse Cassel. 



The unfortunate queen of France, on the 16th of October, was conducted to 

 the spot where Louis had previously met his fate, and beheaded by the 

 guillotine in the thirty -eighth year of her age. 



1794 On the first of June, the British fleet under the command of admiral earl 



Howe obtained a signal victory over that of the French, in which two 

 ships were sunk, one burnt, and six brought into Portsmouth harbour. 



1795 In consequence of the rapid progress of the French arms in Holland, the 



princess of Orange, the hereditary princess, and her infant son, arrived 

 at Yarmouth on the 19th of January. The Stadtholder landed at Harwich 

 on the 20th. 



1796 Lord Malmesbury went to Paris in October, to open negociations for a general 



peace : but returned, Dec 29, without having effected the object of his 

 mission. 



1797 A signal victory gained over the Spanish fleet by sir John Jervis, afterwards 



created earl St Vincent, February 14. 

 Lord Malmesbury arrived at Lisle July 4, and opened a negociation for a 



peace between England and the French Republic, but again returned 



without effecting the object of his mission, September 19. 

 A signal victory gained over the Dutch fleet by admiral Duncan, Oct. 11. 

 Peace between France and Austria definitively signed at Campo Formio, 



October 17. 



1798 A dreadful rebellion in Ireland, which was quelled, after several battles with 



the insurgents, and much bloodshed. 

 The victory of admiral Nelson at Aboukir, near the mouth of the Nile, in 

 which nine French ships of the line were taken, and two burnt ; only 

 two escaping, which were afterwards taken, August 1. 



1799 The war against France recommenced by the emperor ; and the French 



driven out of almost all their conquests in Italy, by the Austrians and 



Russians under Suwarrow. 

 Seringapatam taken by lieutenant-general Harris, and Tippoo Sultan killed, 



May 4. 

 The directorial government abolished in France, and a new constitution 



framed, according to which Bonaparte was to be first consul tor ten 



years 



1800 The battle of Marengo gained by Bonaparte, and followed by an armistice, 



and the surrender of all the strong places held by the Austrians in Italy, 

 June 15. 



1801 The union with Ireland took place, Jan. 1. 



The right hon. Wm. Pitt sent in his resignation of the offices of chancellor 

 of the exchequer and first lord of the treasury, after having been minis- 

 ter 17 years, Feb. 6. 



The peace of Luneville, between France and Austria, signed Feb. 9. 



The battle of Alexandria in Egypt gained by the British troops, in which 

 the brave general Abercrombie was mortally wounded, March 21. 



The death of the emperor Paul of Russia, March 24. 



The battle of Copenhagen, in which 18 Danish ships were taken or destroyed 

 by lord Nelson, April 2. 



Preliminaries of peace signed between England and France, Oct. 1. 



An attempt made to assassinate Bonaparte, by exploding a barrel of gun- 

 powder, called by the French the infernal machine, 



1802 The definitive Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and the French Re- 



public signed at Amiens, March 27. 



