New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-05
Anniversarx Rvents---Ncv. s.

ls55-Batte of the river Ingour Omar Pasha
with 2OOO9 Turks defeated 10000 Russians.
l854-Batte Of Inkermann, in which $4,000 Rus
slams engaged $4,000 British and French. Russians
lost about 1000 besides prisoners allies lost about
1000. The same day Charles Kemble, an eminent
English COMEDIAN died at London, aged "A the last
surviving brother of tits distinguished family. The
same day George Cathcart, an eminent British gen
eral, killed at the battle of Inkerman, aged CO.
lS4O-George R. 7. Hewes, one Of the persons who
assisted in throwing the tea overheard in the Boston
harbOr in the beginning of the revolution, died at
German Flats, aged lO6.
l839-The British war ships Yoylage and Hyacinth
proceeding to Chumpee in violation of the Chinese
proclamation, were approached by % Chinese war
junks, which they attacked. Six Of the junks ere
sunk or blown up, and upwards of 500 men killed
The English suffered no injury This was the begin
ming of the Chinese war.
1S3l-Philip Van Courtland, an officer of the rev.
olutionary war, died at New York, aged 50.
l8I6-Gouyerneur Morris, an American statesman
and orator. died at his seat of Morrisana near New
York.
1907 Maria Angelica Kaufman, an eminent
French painter, and royal academician in London,
died at Rome. She is styled by the Germans q the
painter of the soul y and her mental requirements
and moral conduct were no less distinguished than
her talents as an artist.
l79S-Lewis GalVani, an Italian philosopher, died
at Bologna; celebrated as the discoverer of that kind
of electricity called, after him, Galvanism.
/ lT32-The America, a IA gun ship, built at Ports
mouth, n H, by order of Congress, was launched
This was the first line of battle ship ever built in
America.
l174-The militia of Virginia, assembled at Fort
Cover under Lord Dunmore, the royal governor, de.
clared their determination to support their country
men, when called upon and not the king, if he pro.
ceeded to execute the late obnoxious laws by force
l764-Charles Churchill, the celebrated English
poet died at Boulogne.
1757-BAttle of Rossbach, a village in Prnssian
Saxony decisive victory obtained by Frederick
the Great over the French and Austrians under
Soubise.
l7O2-The Earl of Marlborough taken by French
party, but not being known, on producing a French
pass he was suffered to escape.
l655-Thomasi Parr an English peasant, died at the
age Of l52. His habits were extremely temperate
and it is supposed that his death was FASTENED by a
change of diet. James Bowles died in England, in
1856, at the same age.
l630-John Kepler, celebrated German astrono
mer, died. His genius and discoveries have beer
highly commended but he maintained some very
peculiar notions among others, that the globe is
huge ANIMAL which breathes out the winds through
the holes in the mountains, as through its mouth ant
nostrils.
16O7-The famous grace, Non Nobs Domini, com
posed by Bird, was first sung on the second anniyer
sory Of the gunpowder plot.
lGO5-Guupowder plot discovered a conspirac,
for blowing up the English Parliament headed b,
Catesby. In the cellar were found forty barrels o
powder and Guy Fawlkes.
154s-There fell in Thuringia what is described a
ball of fire, which was attended with great noise
and a redsh substance, like coagulated blood, wa
afterwards found on the ground.
ljO0-Columbus arrived at Cadiz in fetters, whe
the King and Queen, ashamed of the orders they ha
given, commanded him to be released. Notwtt
standing the apologies of his soyereigns, Columbu
never forgot this gnomny He preserved his letters
hung them up in his apartment, and ordered them t
he huripd with him