New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-21
Events OF MAY q.


1855 rfsston 8. Brooks. q South Carolina mem
- Of Congress, assaulted Charles Summer, Senate
non achnsetts, while seated at his desk in th
y Henate Chamber, and feled him to the floor with
en-, IN retaliation for abusive language in debate.
n 1855 The convent suppression bill passed th
aardinian Senate
1854 Railroad inaugurated in Sardinia, running
4 between Turin and Snsa the king and queen, til
government officials, and great concourse Of peopl
participating.
l8l8-Hngh Williamson, an American physician
scholar and statesman died. aged SO. He assisted il
framing the Federal Constitution. and made himsel
y nsefal 70 his country in various ways.
1Hl9-The steamship Savannah, started from Sa
yannah, Ga, for Liverpool being the first passage
I ~ Atlantic attempted By steam She arrived il
Liverpool On the 22d Jnne, having consumed her fne
4 n ten days She visited Stockholm and St. Peters
b1Fe before her return, which was in December fol
Il lowing.
1873 United States frigate Congress, Capt. Smith
captured the British brig Diana, 10 guns.
1873 Michael Duroc, = distinguished French Gene
nj killed BY cannon ball. which struck him as be
sood conversng with Mortier and Kirgener, the lat
ter Of whom was also killed instantly.
1873 Battle Of Reichenbach; 1900 French cavalry
L charged and overthrow the allied cavalry but many
dlyiaons coming to their aid, the French were re-
noced BY II 600 horse and cnrassiers and the allies
i compelled to retreat.
1612-Action Oh the coast of France, between two
Bsitlah ships and two French "A gun frgates, and
brig Of 70 guns; the latter were destroyed.
1910 Charlotte Genevieve Louisa Augusta Andrea
Iimothee du Beaumont d'Eon, French diplomatist,
died. aged 81; memorable as politician, but more SO
for having been discovered to be female while on an
esnv fxH v.c ga 1r11
1909 Second battle Of Essling French re-crossed
! Tie Danube
1705 fungo Park sailed from England on his first
expedition 70 Africa, for the purpose Of tracing the
course Of the Niger and procuring information rea.
tive p the city Of Tmbuctoo of which little more
than the name was known. ill.,
1884 Battle Of Esperes French defeated by the
BFitiah, Who took 500 prisoners and 700 cannon.
1852 Formosa, q large island in the Chinese sea,
almost wholly inundated by volcanic agency during
storm. ~
1780-Sir John johnson, with party of British fnd
tories burnt anil and thrtythree houses at johnson
Hall killed about dozen PERSONS destroyed all the
sheep and cattle, and having dug up his silver plate
decamped.
1775- Meeting Of the Provincial Congress at New
York.
l745- Battle Of Jagernsdorf; Prussians defeated
the imperialists.
1874 Kouli Khan defeated the Turkish army in
Persia.
1907 Battle Of Stolhofen, on the Rhine; French
under Villars forced the lines of the allies.
l682-Action off La Hogue, commenced the night
previous, between the combined English and Dutch
fleets, Admiral Russell, and the French feet, which
lost sxteens sail.
l690-Naval action off Cherbourg; British Admiral
Ashby destroyed three French ships of the line and
several frgates, being part Of Tourve's squadron.
l6SS-John Andrew Quenstedt died q German
divine, author Of Latin account of learned men
down to 1000.
l667-Alexander VII, (Fabio Chigi,) Pope, died
characterized little in great things, and great in
little Ones He was liberal towards men of letters.
and embellished Rome with some splendid edifces.
1861 The solemn league and covenant burned by
the common hangman at London, and afterwards
throughout the country.
l6ll-James instituted the order Of Baronets, and
elevated seventy-6ye families to that dignity.
l604-The first settlement made on the coast of
Guiana, BY Captain Charles and Sir Oliver Leigh.
l555-John Peter Cara1a elected Pope, and as
sumed the title Of Paul ".
l4ss-Vasco de Cana landed at Calicut, the first
INDIAN port visited BY q European vessel
1424-James I. Of Scotland crowned eighteen
yea after bis accession, since which he had been in
captivity.
S37 Constantine, (the Great) Emperor of Rome.
died. He was an able General and sagacious poli.
fican; celebrated as the builder Of Constantnople on
the ae Of Byzantium, and as the first Emperor who
embraced Christianity.
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