New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-27
An Orleans QailQ Crfsftnt.
SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER q, 1913
Anniversary EIventa-Nov. y.

Anniversary Events--Nov. n.
Death III i. Tollens, the famous Dutch poe
aged n.
1855 Death Of Robert Bnnyan in England age
s0 The hast direct male descendant from john Bui
van.
1862 Death Of Ada Augusta, Countess Of Loys
lace daughter Of Lord Byron, aged So Her taste
inclined to mathematics and metaphysics PA "a
had quite passion for gaming.
Death Of Hardin BigeloW, Meyer Of sacFa
mentc, Cal he distinguished himself By bis energ5
and bravery iii putting down The squatter riots Of thf
Young settlement in the course Of which riots he LOST
an arm, ~
Death Of Hrs, Susan Johnston, at sault st
Hara. sbe Bas widow 81 John Johnston, distin-
onisbe5 freshman. and daughter Of the Chippewa
Chief Waboiseg.
l83s-The Castle Of San Juan d'Ulloa, at Vera
flrar iatsn by French naval force, after boru-
bsriment Of ave hours.
Isgs-Death of Antoine Charles Horace Yernet,
Tie painter at Paris Some Of his military sketches
are unrivaled.
1897 Great eruption Of the mud volcano Of Jok-
mali ill te Caspian sea. For three hours the jet Of
distance Of thirty niles
ja1A--Ine 13F4llStt M6EC Itputhcu Az III htbaSh "
Fort Kalnnga, East Indies loss 500.
I8l2-Ten boat.loads Of Americans attacked the
batteries at Black Rock, in Canada spiked the guns
and returned without loss Same day, the British
frigate Southampton aud her American prize, the
brig Vixen, were wrecked and lost On reef nine
miles from Conception Island; no lives were lost,
however Same day, battle 81 Berezna, in which
the Russians routed the French with great slaughter
1s1I-Death of Gaspar Mechior de Joveanos, q
Statesman and writer, and one Of the most dstin-
guished of modern spaniards.
Is07-4'Ihe royal family Of Portugal to avoid fall
Ill., into lie hands of the French General Junot EN-
baFkea from the mouth Of the Tagus for Brazil
1899 The D1chy of Savoy was erected into the
eighty-toarth department Of the French Republic,
17sl-sortie from Gibraltar, under Gen. Ross; the
detachment aaying out at ia the morning, destroy
ing i've batteries, blowing up several magazines, and
returning with loss Of only men, having destroyed
about $S 100000 worth Of Spanish property.
l779-Death of Thomas, Lord Lyttleton, aged So.
story was current at the time, that hslordship had
bis death predicted to him By ghost three days be-
fore the event occurred.
I77s--Gen Washington broke up his camp and
marched to Middebrook to 60 into winter quarters.
The same day, d British expedition Of $500 men, un.
der Col Campbell, left Sandy Hook for the invasion
Of Georgia
I7T3--A lawyer named Powell completed great
walking feat, from London to York and back, over
400 miles, in six days. He performed the same feat
fifteen years afterwards. his age then heing57
I754-Death Of Abraham Demoivre, famous
French mathematician the same who was chosen by
the Royal Society Of London to decide the great con
test between Newton and Leibnitz.
l7I0-stanhope, the British General, with 1000
men, surprised and taken prisoner BY espaniards
at Rriheuga.
1TO7-Desth Of Ftz John Winthrop, Governor Of
Connecticut a conspicuous man 10 his day,
I666-Battle Of Pentand Fills in which the
CoVenaRters were defeated BIZ the Kings troops.
I65O-Great earthquake in Peru.
l627-A meteorie stone weighing 81 pounds fell
the day being clear on Mount Voisin, in Provence.
I52O- Fernando Magalhaens (now called Magel-
lan1 entered the Pacific ocean, through the Straits
now bearing his name. Afterwards navigating the
ocean for three months and twenty days, without
coming TO an island or encounterngany bad weather,
he gave the then nameiess ocean the name which it
now bears. On this day also occurred battle be-
tween the Castilian insurgents and Royasts at Rio
Seeo, In which the former were defeated.
802-Death Of Mauritius Tberius, Emperor Of
Rome By violence being put to death, with bis i've
sons BIZ his own general, Phoeas,
SD. G-Death Of the famous lyric and satirc poet
Qaintus Horatins Flaceus now known as Horace
The Emperor Augustus offered him high distinctions
which b declined. prefering life Of quiet retire
ment and study.
222 q. AarceIus carried Of the spoils Of Yiri-
domaris.
226 B. institution Of solemn annual feast at
Rome, when two Greeks and two Gauls,s man and
woman Of each, we're buried alive in the OK market
The feast derived from the barharians, and nati-
tutad on the invasion Of the Boian Gauls sin order
to fulfil sybilline prophesy that those terrible ma.
tions should one day be masters of the capitol.n
Rome had onher infantry roll at that time 10000
good fighting men,