New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-05
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1913 So openins X ~ National Assembly I
France, M III sbdication Of Louis Philippe.
lS1e s.Jcha pickeling, - eminent American phi
olcriot. ~ 81 ncl1on, sged 60. He published
voasl ssy X Ansssicanisns, and Greek and EN-
III $500 Tfnxton, an American naval Office
III dlu4jnguished himself in the revolutionar
~. Nd ~ Ii he war with France Of 1893, afts
NntcA II Ietired from The navy, and died in Phil
Ss,phia. 59s
ISL Napoleon Bonaparte died at st. Helena, |
~ VA year of bis age, and the 9Th Of his exile,
!, ~ III q relief Of the British nation. He CON
nenced In 1875 that unparalleled career Of mitar
achievements which continued to agitate Europe 70
- yesrs and terminated with the battle Of Waterloo
X ISIS.
1914 Napoleon landed at Elba at an early hour in
dllguise, with sergeant's company Of marines. He
lde formal landing at in the afternoon, and was
welcomed ~ The people with reclamation.
1878 Battle 1t Fert Meigs; Cen Clay arrived
viii 1000 Kentucky mlitia and volunteers stacked
" Bltah, carried their batteries and spiked their
cannon but having pressed TO fsr 10 pursuit, were
] st By reinforcement Of Indians, and in turn de-
! 1ssAed, . Int only 40 sscaped.
ISL Battls * Euents q Onor, in Portugal the
4 French repnl.el. vith great loss, BY the British
undsr WeltIugton.
lBO1 TsSnce termed into an Empire.
n I0oa Cs1opetsA's cotin, head Of the Theban
Slls ~ Egyptian curiosities, arrived in Eng
NJ the ~ went into operation in England
5kneIl1g ! TX on wearing hair powder.
~ MSS Assembly of the States General Of France,
u Versailles This may be called the st day Of the
zvouton although the object Of the meeting was to
prevent inch ! catastrophe.
MSS Thomas Davies, (alias Honest Tom Davies),
a Engliah author, died. He w educated 1t the
uniyefsity 81 Edinburgh became % actor, afterwards
bookseller, Turned strollng player, married Miss
Yarrow, q actress Of great beauty returned to
booissllisg, bseams bankrupt, was relieved BY the
~ atapce az Dr. johnson, wrote the Life Of Gar.
lIalfes and was entrusted with the publication
a Gisngsrs Biographical History Of England"
1776 Congress declared the authority Of England
over ne thirteen Colonies abolished.
1850 Lawrence Shirley, Earl 81 Feraro, executed
- ~ 1xN tVI tut MuIucE Vi MS STEWART. ne was
man Of no mean mental requirements but passionate
and often infamed by inebriety.
l767 Battle Of Prague, between the Prussians
under Frederick the Great and the Austrians The
Prusians were victorious after bloody contest, in
which the distinguished General, Count Schwerin,
~ killed. Austrian loss "a 900 !; Prussian loss
l6400
l7O6 Lateral eruption Of the Peak Of Teneriffe.
veleanc opened It the south aide, towards the port
y Garachico, and in few hours not an edifce of
hat populous city was left standing.
1705-Leopold /. Emperor Of Germany, died. He
WAs long engaged in sanguinary war with the Turks
md the French, who piIaged and destroyed bis
fontier towns st5
1861 va William Penn published in England his |
fsme n government for the Colony Of Pennsylvania.
1913 Parliament Of England ordered the G Book
{ Sports " to be burned by the common hangman
l616 One williams, barrister, arraigned for
beling The King, was executed.
l432-Francesco Bussone di Carmagnola, Count de
'astlennovo, executed. BE was celebrated Italian
GENERAL, first in the service Of the Duke Of Milan
terwaIds led the Venetian army to repeated yicto-
les. Bis fortune at length turned when the Senate
Inspecting him .of treachery, be was tortured and
to- death.
sl42l--A hoys convocation at Canterbury decreed
hat Bishops barber should not receive fee from
my one on whom the Bishop had conferred holy
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