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5808 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte, first consul of the French Re-
public, proclaimed emperor of the French,May 20.
G corgi's and eleven others guillotined at the Placede Grfive, July 25.
General Moreau sentenced to two years’ imprison-ment, July.
The Planet Juno discovered by Mr. Harding.
Battlq of Ferruckabad, in the "East Indies, in whichthe English were victorious, Nov. 17.
Bonaparte crowned by pope Pius VII. at Paris, De-cember 2.
War between England and Spain, Dec. 14.
5809 1805 Battle of Bhurloore, in the East Indies, in which Jen-
vunt llao Ilolkar was defeated by the English,April 2.
Bonaparte assumes the title of king of Italy, May 26.
A dreadful storm at Kingston-upon-Thames, July 6.
The Austrians and Russians unite in a war againstFrance, September.
Battle of Guntzburgh between the French and Aus-trians, in which the latter were victorious, Octo-ber 2.
Ulm capitulates to the French, and General Mackanil the whole of his army made prisoners ofwar, October 20.
Great sea-light between the English fleet commandedby Admiral Lord Nelson, and the combined lleetsof France and Spain, oil Cape Trafalgar, Oct. 21,in which the latter were completely defeated, theEnglish taking 19 sail of the line. Lord Nelsonwas killed in the engagement.
Four French line of battle ships taken by Sir R.Strachan, November 4.
Battle of Moelk between the French and Austrians,in which the latter were defeated, Nov. 10.
The French enter Vienna, Nov. 14.
Great and decisive battle of Austerlitz between theFrench commanded by Bonaparte and the com-bined Austrian and Russian armies, in which thelatter were completely defeated, Dec. 2.
Peace concluded between France and Austria, De-cember 27.
5810 1806 Death of William Pitt, prime-minister of England,
January 23.
French fleet defeated in the West Indies, by Sir T.Duckworth, February 6.
French squadron taken by Sir J. B. Warren, Mar. 13.
Holland erected into a kingdom by the French em-peror, and his brother Louis made king of it,June 3.
Buenos Ayres taken from the Spaniards by Sir HomePopham, June 28.
'The magazine of Malta blown up, containing 370barrels of gunpowder and 1600 shells, and de-stroying or wounding about 1000 persons, July 18.
Francis 11. relinquished the high title of emperor ofGermany, and assumed that of emperor of Aus-tria, August 6.
Buenos Ayres retaken hv the Spaniards, after an at-tack of three days, Aug. 12.
The right honourable Charles James Fox died,September 13.
The Prince of Wales visited Liverpool, Sept. 18and 20 ; upon account of whom a general illumi-nation takes place in that town on the evening ofthe 18th, and the Town-hall is so magnificentlyilluminated as to exceed every thing of the kindever before exhibited there.
The Knipperhuhl rock which formed the summit ofMount Rosenberg was on a sudden detachedfrom its station, and at the same time part of themountain of several feet in thickness oil thewestern side, and 280 feet in thickness on thevol. L—ko. 49.
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east side, gave way, and fell into the valley'which separates the lake of Zug from that ofI.anevertz, and some houses in the village ofStein. 'The fall of one. part of the mountain intothe lake of Lanwertz, about a fourth part of whichis tilled up, caused such an agitation in the watersot tiie lake, that they overthrew' a number ofhouses, chapels, mills, &c. along the southernshore of the lake. Above a thousand persons arcsaid to have perished by this fall, Sept. 2.
Great battle of Jena, in which the French took fromthe Prussians 200 pieces of cannon, 30 standards,and 28,000 prisoners. The Prussian army'amounted to 150,000 men, Oct. 14.
Sir Samuel Hood took four French frigates heavyladen with troops, in which engagement lie losthis right arm by a cannon-shot, bvpt. 25.
The Turks declare war against the Russians, Dec. 30.
5811 1S07 The Dutch island of Curagoa surrendered to a squa-
dron of four British frigates, Jan. 1.
'The British troops under the command of Brigadier-general Auchmutv arrived in a small bay to thewestward of the Garetas rocks, about nine milesfrom the town of Monte Video, Jan. IS.
'The British troops defeated 6000 Spaniards that hadcome out of the town of Monte Video, Jan. 20.
The British lake possession of the town and citadelof Monte Video, Feb. 3.
The battle of Prussian Eylau between the Russiansand French, in which both sides claimed thevictory, though the French remained masters ofthe field, Feb. 8.
A British squadron under the command of J. T.Duckworth passed the Dardanelles, and set firelo a Turkish line of battle ship, four frigates,three corvettes, one brig, two gun-boats, and tookpossession of a corvette and a gun-boat, Feb. 19.
The British squadron weighed after an unsuccessfulattempt to force the Porte to make peace withhis Britannic Majesty, March 1.
Alexandria taken from the Turks by Major-generalFraser, March 21.
'The new' planet Vesta discovered by Dr. Olbers,March 29.
The English defeated at Rosetta with the loss of 467men, March 31.
Slave trade abolished by the British parliament.
On the 4th of April, at three in the morning, a mu-tiny began at Malta in the regiment of Froberg,which consisted of foreigners of every descrip-tion ; and on the night of the 12th (to preventbeing apprehended) they blew themselves up bysetting fire to a large powder magazine containingfrom 4 to 500 barrels of gunpowder. The da-mages occasioned by this insurrection are esti-mated to amount to about 30,000 pounds sterling.
1 lie English again defeated in Egypt with the lossof about 1100 in killed and wounded, April 19.'The English army consisted of near 4000 men.
Chudleigh, a market-town in Devonshire, consistingof about 200 houses, was entirely consumed, withthe exception of seven houses and the church.It is very remarkable that no human lives werelost by this conflagration, April 22.
Dantzic surrendered to the I rench, after a siege ofseveral days, by which the garrison was reducedfrom 16,000 men to 9000, of whom 4000 de-serted, May 26.
Mustapha IV. succeeds Selim II. in the Ottomanempire, May 29.
Battle of Spanden between the Russians and French,June 5, in which the former lost 1200 men killedand a number of wounded. On the same daywas fought the battle of Lomitten between the9 M same