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fifeape from Paris, but are {topped at Varennes, 
June 21. Treaty of Pilnitz, July. Riots in Bir¬ 
mingham, July. 
1792 Leopold II. emperor of Germany, dies fuddenly, 
March 1. Guftavus III. king of Sweden, fhot by 
Ankarftrom, March 15. French declare war againlt 
Germany. Duke of Brunfwic publifhes his mani- 
felto, July 25. Swifs guards, and all the fervants at 
the Thuilleries, murdered, Auguft 10. Royal fa¬ 
mily of France imprifoned. Prihcefs Lamballe, and 
1000 others, mafl'acred in Paris. Royalty abolidied, 
and France declared a republic, September 20. Bat¬ 
tle of Gemappe, November 7. 
S793 Louis XVI. perilltes under the guillotine, Jan. 21. 
The French republic; declares war againft England, 
Holland, and Spain, February 1. French defeated 
near Tournay by the duke of York, May 8. Du- 
mourier endeavours to reftore royalty. Marat mur¬ 
dered by Charlotte Cordey, July 14. Toulon fub- 
mits to lord Hood, Auguft 23 5 who is obliged to 
leave it, December 19. General Cuftine executed in 
July; and the queen of France, by the guillotine, 
Oftober i6« The heads of the-Girondift party exe¬ 
cuted, Oft, 30. The duke of Orleans guillotined. 
3794 Martinico taken by fir Charles Grey, March 23. 
Elizabeth, filler to the late king of France, guillo¬ 
tined, May 12. Lord Howe’s viftory over the French 
fleet, June 1. Earthquake and eruption of mount 
Vefuvius, June, 13-24. Robefpierre and his party 
executed by torch-light, July 28. Trial of Thomas 
Hardy, &c. for high treafon, began Oft. 28. 
1795 Revolution in Holland; the ftadtholder arrives in 
England, January 20. Prince of Wales married to 
the princefs Charlotte of Brunfwic, April 8. Peace 
between Pruflia and France, April 10. Warren 
Haflings acquitted, after a trial of feven years, April 
23. Captain Molloy’s court martial, April 28. Dau¬ 
phin of France died at Paris, June 9. Three French 
{hips taken by lord Bridport, June 23. Quiberon 
expedition fails, July 21. Peace between France 
and Spain, July 22. Cape of Good Hope taken from 
the Dutch, September 23. Cenfeur of 74 guns, and 
great part of the Mediterranean fleet, captured by 
.the French, .Oftober 7. Gold mine difcovered in 
Ireland, Oftober 9. Staniflaus, king of Poland, made 
a formal furrender of his crown ; his kingdom parti¬ 
tioned between Ruflia, Auftria, and Pruffia, Novem¬ 
ber 25. Church of St. Paul, Covent-garden, burnt. 
1796 Daughter of Louis XVI. lets out for Vienna ; at 
Bafle (he is exchanged for the French deputies ar¬ 
retted by Dumourier. Princefs of Wales delivered 
of a daughter, January 7. Charette, chief of the 
Vendeans, Ihot, March 18, Sir Hugh Pallifer died, 
,19. Vice-admiral Cornwallis tried for difobedience 
of orders, and acquitted, April S. Arobbyna and 
Banda taken from the Dutch, 18. Sir Sidney Smith 
taken at Havre de Grace, 19. Kidd Wake, for making 
faces at the king, fentenced to the pillory and five 
years imprifonment, May 8. Bonaparte, a very 
iuccefsful French general at this time. Dutch fleet 
taken by admiral Lucas at the Cape, Auguft 17. 
Sp^in declares war againft Great Britain, Oft. 11. 
King of Sardinia dies, 17. Catharine II. emprefs of 
Ruflia, dies, aged 68, November 17. Lord Malmef- 
bury’s negociation at Paris fails, December 20. The 
French expedition to Bantry bay in Ireland fails, at 
the end of the year. The million-bank diffolved by 
aft of parliament. Bread is. 3d. the quartern loaf. 
Powder-mills at Hounllow blown up. 
3797 Bonaparte defeats theAuftrians near Verona, taking 
23,000 prilbners and flxty pieces of cannon, Jan. 14. 
He defeats the pope’s army hear Ancona, takes 
12,000 prifoners, February 10. Admiral Jarvis 
(now vifcount St. Vincent) with fifteen fail defeats 
trie Spaniards with thirty-leven, and takes four fail 
[After Christ. 
of the line, 14. French land 1200 men in Wales, who 
are all made prifoners, 18. Bank of England Hops 
paying in gold, 26. Mutiny among the failors in 
the grand fleet at Portfmouth, fettled amicably, 
April 16. Princefs royal of England married to the 
prince (afterwards duke) of Wirtemberg, May iS. 
Mutiny at the Nore, 27; at tlie termination of 
which Parker and feveral others are executed. Nel- 
lon loft his right arm in an attack on Santa Cruz, 
Teneriffe, July 24. Lord Malmelbur.y’s fecona jour¬ 
ney to France fruitlefs, September 19. Admiral 
. Duncan defeats the Dutch, takes ten {hips and three 
admirals, Oftober 11. King of Pruflia died Novem¬ 
ber 16. Seven-ftiilling pieces firft ifl'ued, 29. 
17-98 Pope Pius VI. depofed ; leaves Rome, February 22. 
French fubjugate SwiiTerland, March 5. King of 
Poland dies, u. Sir Sidney Smith efcapes from pri- 
fon, May 6. Malta taken by the French, June 12. 
Bonaparte lands in Egypt, July 8. Battle of the 
Nile, Auguft 1. Sir J. B. Warren defeats and takes 
the French armament deftined for Ireland, Oft. 12. 
Income-tax brought forward, December 3. 
1799 Mr. Cherry, captain Conway, Mr. Graham, &c, af- 
faffinated at Benares by Vizier Aly, January 15. 
Naples taken by the French, 24. Galvana died at 
Bologna, Spallanzani at Pavia, and Hedwig at Leip- 
flc, during this month. Kien Long, emperor of 
China, died, in his 90th year, March 5. Battle of 
Ofterach, 21. Suwarrow’s fuccefles againlt the 
French, April 27, 28, June 19, Auguft 15. Serin- 
gapatam taken, Tippoo Saib killed, May 4. Gene¬ 
ral Maflena fuccefsful againft the Auftrians, 25-28. 
Maflena defeated by the archduke Charles, June 5. 
Duke. d’Angoulefme married to the princels-royal 
of France at Mittau, 9. Earl Howe died, aged 72, 
Auguft 5. The pope dies at Valence, in his eighly- 
fecond year, 19. Surinam taken from the Dutch, 23. 
Dutch fleet taken by admiral Mitchel, 28. Bona¬ 
parte arrives in France from Egypt, Oftober 16. He 
changes the government of the republic, and is ap¬ 
pointed firft conful, November 10. General Wadi- 
ington dies, November 15. 
1800 Bonaparte makes overtures for peace to the Britifli 
government, which are reje'fted, januavy 1, 17. Bat¬ 
tle of Novi, 8. George Steevens di.ed, 22. Cardinal 
Gregorio Barnaba Chioramonte elected pope at 
Venice; he takes the name of Pius VII. Feb. 14, 
General Suwarrow dies, April 2. Battle of Stockach, 
May 4. Hadfield lhoots at the king at Drury-lane 
playhoufe ; he is tried and acquitted as infane, May 
15. Died-fir F. Buller, June 5. The union-bill 
pafies both houfes in Ireland, 13. Battle of Maren¬ 
go ; Kleber aflafllnated in Egypt; 14. Firft Hone of 
the wet-dock, at the llle of Dogs, laid, July 12. Un- 
I'uccel'sful attempt of the Englilh upon Ferrol in 
Spain, Auguft 25. Malta taken by the Englifti, 
September 5. Confpiracies to kill Bonaparte, Oc¬ 
tober 10, and December 24. Embargo laid by 'Rui- 
lia upon Britifli (hips, September 10, November 27. 
Union between Great Britain and Ireland voted by 
the parliament in both kingdoms. His majefty 
doled the Britifli .parliament on the 31ft of Decem¬ 
ber, being the laft day of the century, 
1801 Of the Julian period 6514. 
1801 Lavater died at Berne, January 3. The firft parlia¬ 
ment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland met, 22. Peace flgned between the French 
republic, and the emperor of Germany, at Lune- 
ville, February 9. The Englilh miniftry changed, 
and Mr. Pitt retires, in March. Bread, is. xojd. the 
quartern loaf. Paul I, emperor of Ruflia, dies, March 
23, fucceeded by Alexander. Peace betiveen France 
and Naples, 28. The Danes take pofleflion of Ham¬ 
burg, 29. Sir Hyde Parker paflfes the Sound, an-d 
makes a truce with the Danes, April 2. 
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