ANNIVERSARIES IN JULY.

MONDAY, 15th.

St. Swithin’s Day.—SeeSaturday Magazine, vol. i., p. 14.

1685 Execution ofDuke of Monmouth, after his defeat at Sedgemoor.

1815Napoleonwent on board the British ship Bellerephon, Captain Maitland, after his defeat at Waterloo.

1817 Died, at Paris, theBaroness de Staël, the daughter of M. Necker, and author of several political works, which enjoyed considerable popularity while the events of the French Revolution, with which the name of M. Necker is so intimately connected, were recent. Her works evince much knowledge of the human heart.

TUESDAY, 16th.

622 On this day theflightof the impostor, Mohammed, from Mecca, took place, and from it his followers date the events of their history. This epoch is called, from the Arabic word, which signifiesto fly, orto leave one’s country, theHegira.

1377Richard II., only child of Edward the Black Prince, was crowned at Westminster. He did not inherit the warlike genius or the talents of his father and grandfather, but seems to have been of a mild, amiable disposition, and may truly be said, in the words of Shakspeare, to have been “a man more sinned against than sinning.”

1546Ann Askew, a young lady of great merit and beauty, (connected with most of the ladies of the court, and with the Queen, Catharine Parr,) was burned at Smithfield, for denying the doctrine of the real presence.

1800 Died, at his seat near Southampton,Bryan Edwards, the Author of theHistory of the West Indies.

WEDNESDAY, 17th.

1674 The remains of the two Princes,Edward V. and his Brother, were discovered in the Tower, and, by order of Charles II., removed to Westminster Abbey.

1761Peter III., husband of Catherine II., was murdered. The unfortunate Emperor was strangled with a towel, and the next day his body was exposed to the populace, and his death attributed to that disease we now call cholera.

THURSDAY, 18th.

371 B. C. The Battle of Leuctra, in which the Lacedemonians were defeated, and their general, Cleombrotus, slain.

1100 Death ofGodfrey de Bouillon, the most celebrated leader among the princes and nobles who went on the first crusade: when Jerusalem was taken, he was unanimously chosen king.

1374Petrarch, one of the earliest, as well as the most elegant, among the Italian poets, whose romantic attachment to the beautiful Laura has rendered his name familiar, even to those who are wholly ignorant of Italian literature, was found dead in his library on the seventieth anniversary of his birth.

1796Louis XVIII.compelled to leave the army of the emigrants, and place himself in the hands of the Austrians.

1812 A Treaty of Peace between England and Sweden was signed at Ærebo.

FRIDAY, 19th.

365 B. C. Rome was taken and pillaged by the Gauls, who put to the sword the senators and old men, who alone remained in the city.

64Nero, for his amusement, caused Rome to be set on fire in various places. This conflagration was attributed by him to the Christians, and all who could not escape or conceal themselves, were put to death with the most cruel torments, among others, St. Peter and St. Paul suffered martyrdom.

1333 The Battle of Halidown Hill, in which the Scots were defeated by Edward III.

1588 The Spanish Armada arrived in the British Channel. This formidable fleet consisted of 130 vessels, carrying 2630 pieces of brass cannon. It was fitted out by Philip II. of Spain, and blessed by a special nuncio from the Pope. Its approach spread terror and dismay; but Elizabeth took advantage of the panic to excite her subjects to defend their country without draining her exchequer, and while nobles and citizens fitted out ships at their own charge, the lower orders flocked to man the vessels and defend the coasts. The armada, however was dispersed by a tempest, and, while still in disorder, attacked by the English under Lord Effingham, and compelled to seek safety in flight.

SATURDAY, 20th.

1620 A massacre of the Protestants in the Valteline, a fertile valley of Switzerland.

1819 Died, at Edinburgh,John Playfair, a celebrated mathematician and geographer.

SUNDAY, 21st.

Seventh Sunday after Trinity.

1403 Battle of Shrewsbury. In this engagement the Prince of Wales, afterwards Henry V., made his first essay in arms. The death of Henry Percy, bettor known as Hotspur, made this battle still more memorable.

1683 The execution of Lord Russell, for high treason, took place in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

1704 Taking of Gibraltar by the English.

1796 Died, at Dumfries, in his thirty-eighth year,Robert Burns, the poet.

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FOOTNOTES:1.For the History of Bells, see this Magazine, vol. i., p. 20.2.Sir Walter Scott, in his novel ofWoodstock, has skilfully worked this incident into the narrative, but has departed from historical accuracy, both in fixing the scene in Shropshire, and restoring to life the sufferer, whom he calls Albany Rochecliffe.

FOOTNOTES:

1.For the History of Bells, see this Magazine, vol. i., p. 20.

2.Sir Walter Scott, in his novel ofWoodstock, has skilfully worked this incident into the narrative, but has departed from historical accuracy, both in fixing the scene in Shropshire, and restoring to life the sufferer, whom he calls Albany Rochecliffe.

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