1642. Sir Isaac Newton born. 1642. Charles I. went to the House of Commons with 500 armed men to seize five members (see 3rd). Not observing them in their places, he remarked that the birds had flown, and ordered the Speaker to inform him where they were. Lenthall replied, that he had eyes to see, and tongue to speak only as directed by the House. The king left amidst cries of "Privilege! privilege!" 1645. The Lords, threatened by the Commons, passed the ordinance for attainting Archbishop Laud. 1647. A Committee of both Houses was appointed to go, with 900 horse, to receive Charles I. from the Scots (see 30th). 1649. The Commons resolved-1. That the people, under God, are the original of all just power. 2. That the Commons in Parliament, representing the people, have the supreme authority of the nation. 3. That whatever is enacted into law by the Commons, has the force of law, and the nation is concluded thereby, though the consent of the King or House of Peers be not had thereto. 1670. George Monk, Duke of Albemarle, died at the Cock-pit. 1679. Titus Oates, who had a pension of 107. a week, petitioned for a further allowance. 1685. 1007. reward offered for the apprehension of Colonel Danvers, author of a seditious libel relative to the death of the Earl of Essex. 1698. Whitehall Palace, with the exception of the Banqueting-house, destroyed by fire. 1702. E. of Manchester, Secretary of State, Whig administration. 1706. The Duke of Marlborough proposed a loan of 500,000l. to the Emperor of Austria. It was soon raised by subscription. 1712. Prince Eugene arrived in England. 1717. The triple alliance of the Hague. 1762. War declared against Spain (see 18th). January 5th. (1856, Saturday.) Roman Catholic Saints: Symeon Stylites; Telesphorus; Syncletia. Eve of the Epiphany, formerly observed as a feast. Devonshire orchards -Kings selected by beans-Queens by peas in cakes. Lamb's wool. REMARKABLE EVENTS. 1066. Edward the Confessor died. 1477. Battle of Nancy; Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, killed. 1625. Charles I. went to the Common Council to demand the five members out of the city (see 3rd), when Henry Walker, an ironmonger, threw into his coach a paper on which was written, "To your tents, O Israel." 1648. The Lords gave the assent to the resolution of the Commons on the 3rd (q. v.) 1664. A commission sent down to York in consequence of the discovery of a plot in the north. Twenty-one persons were convicted and executed. 1681. Chief Justice Scroggs impeached, principally for discharging the grand jury when a presentment of recusancy was about to be preferred against the Duke of York. 1689. An order issued by the Prince of Orange for withdrawing his troops from cities and boroughs during the election of members of the Convention. 1705. The English troops in Flanders augmented to 50,000 men as a counterbalance to the augmentation of the French army there. 1715. A proclamation was issued for dissolving the Parliament. The Earl of Strafford having been examined before the council, an order was made for seizing his papers. 1724. Czartan Petrarch, a Greek, died in Hungary, aged 185 years. 1757. Damiens attempts to assassinate Louis XV. (France). 1764. A comet observed at Tewkesbury near two small stars in the hand of Brotes. 1768. The military called in to quell the tumults of the Spitalfields weavers. 1809. Peace between Great Britain and Turkey ratified. 1827. Frederick Duke of York died. January 6th. (1856, Sunday.) Roman Catholic Saints: Melanius; Peter of Canterbury; Nilammon. Epiphany (Greek) signifies "Manifestation." The Magi are commonly called "the three Kings of Colon" (i.e. Cologne), and are known by the names Jasper, Melchior, and Balthasar. 1402. Joan of Arc born. REMARKABLE EVENTS. 1622. Parliament was abruptly dissolved, having passed no other Acts than the Subsidies. Four members of the Commons and two of the Lords imprisoned. From this time is dated the parliamentary opposition in the Lords. 1649. Act passed for trying Charles I. 1666. Proclamation for removing the Exchequer from Nonsuch to Westminster again. 1698. Metastasio (Italian poet) born. 1705. The Duke of Marlborough dined with the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London. 1764. The ancient custom of playing at hazard on Twelfth-night discontinued at the great court at St. James's. 1767. Peter, the wild man, who was taken in the Hartz Forest and sent as a present to George II., was brought from Cheshunt to be seen by the royal family. He could fetch wood and water, but not articulate any language. 1772. (Monday.) A tract published by J. Marks, bookseller, St. Martin's Lane, gives a detailed account of the "Stockwell Ghost" story, the principal events of which took place on this day and the following Tuesday. The trick was not discovered till nearly fifty years afterwards. 1810. Peace of Paris, between France and Sweden. January 7th. (1856, (Plough) Monday.) REMARKABLE EVENTS. 1322. All the Knights Templars in England arrested by order of Edward II. 1327. Queen Isabella and her son (Edward III.) call a Parliament to depose Edward II. 1414. The St. Giles's Fields Massacre. 1558. Calais surrendered to the French. 1674. Parliament met (12th session). 1681. The Commons resolve that they cannot give any supply until a bill be passed for excluding the Duke of York. 1692. Robert Boyle died. 1715. Archbishop Fenelon (France) died. 1740. The frost was very intense this month, and immense damage done to the shipping by the ice. Coals very dear, and water more so. The poor suffered much from want of employment, but the rich were never more charitable. 1763. Allan Ramsay (Scotch poet) died. 1773. Riots at Dundee. 1785. Mr. Blanchard and Dr. Jefferies went from Dover to Calais in an air-balloon. January 8th. (1856, Tuesday.) Roman Catholic Saints: Lucian Apollinaris; Severinus; Pega; Vulsin; Gudula; Nathalan. The St. Lucian in the Protestant Calender is supposed to be the one whose feast is observed by the Latin Church on the 7th. A holiday at the Exchequer is the only way in which the day is noted in England. REMARKABLE EVENTS. 1258. Bagdad captured by the Tartars. 1642. Galileo died at Arcetri, aged 78. 1676. A proclamation issued permitting coffee and tea houses (which had been suppressed) to be re-opened under certain conditions. 1681. A proclamation dissolving Parliament and calling another to meet at Oxford. 1689. An order by the Prince of Orange that his soldiers should not quarter in private houses without the owners' consent. 1784. The Crimea ceded by the Turks to Russia. 1821. Congress of Leybach. January 9th. (1856, Wednesday.) Roman Catholic Saints: St. Peter of Sebaste; Julian and Basillissa; Marciana; Buthwald; Felan; Adrian; Vaneng. REMARKABLE EVENTS. 1649. The intended trial of Charles I. proclaimed by Serjeant Dendy with sound of trumpet and beat of drum in Westminster Hall, at the Exchange, and in Cheapside. The Great Seal of England altered. 1660. Sir Henry Vane, General Lambert, and others imprisoned by Parliament. General Monk and his army enter York. 1680. Sir Robert Peyton sent to the Tower on the evidence of Mr. Cellier, the associate of Dangerfield. 1715. John Vine, a perfumer, ordered to be prosecuted for a libel, entitled "Reasons humbly offered to the Parliament for the abrogating the Observation of the 30th of January." 1757. Fontenell (Author) died. 1766. Dr. Thomas Birch (History, &c.) died. 1770. Parliament met. C. J. Fox delivered his first speech. 1806. Public funeral of Lord Nelson. 1823. Spain rejects the mediation of Russia, Austria, and Prussia. January 10th. (1856, Thursday.) Roman Catholic Saints: William; Agatho; Marcian. REMARKABLE EVENTS. 1625. Charles I. left London for Hampton Court. He did not again visit London but as a captive. 1645. Archbishop Laud (aged 71) beheaded on Tower Hill. 1649. John Bradshaw, Chief Justice of Chester, made Lord President of the High Court of Justice. 1661. Insurrection of the Fifth-monarchy men. 1662. Parliament met. 1678. Treaty between England and Holland by which Holland detached Charles II. from the interests of France. 1689. The Prince of Orange sent a letter to the city of London desiring the loan of 200,000l. which they granted and raised in four days' time. Sir Samuel Dashwood subscribed 60,0001. 1697. A proclamation required all receivers of taxes to take in payment hammered silver money at 58. 8d. per ounce. 1765. Parliament opened by the king, who slightly adverted to a misunderstanding with the American colonists. 1778. Linnæus (Botanist) died. 1840. Penny Post established. January 11th. (1856, Friday.) Roman Catholic Saints: Theodosius; Hyginus; Egwin; Salvius. REMARKABLE EVENTS. 1569. First lottery mentioned in history began. It was drawn at the west door of St. Paul's. 1652. Barbadoes surrendered to the Parliamentarians. 1698. Arrival in England of Peter the Great, Czar of Russia. 1709. George Brudenell, Earl of Cardigan, qualified himself to sit in the House of Peers, renouncing the Roman Catholic faith. 1715. Papers of the Earl of Strafford seized. A proclamation offering a reward of 1000l. for the discovery of the author, and 5007. for the discovery of the printer of "English Advice to the Freeholders of England." 1753. Sir Hans Sloane (Botany, &c.) died. 1801. Cimarosa (Music) died. January 12th. (1856, Saturday.) Roman Catholic Saints: Arcadius; Benedict Biscop, or Bennet; Ældred Tygrius. REMARKABLE EVENTS. 1563. Queen Elizabeth's second Parliament met, and passed an Act confirming her supremacy. 1641. Charles I. left Hampton Court (see 10th) for Windsor, whence he offered to compromise with the Commons. 1709. The Commons ordered a pamphlet, proposing the abolition of Test Act, to be burned by the hangman as a scandalous and seditious libel. 1711. The Lords returned the Earl of Peterborough thanks for his great services in Spain. 1722. Great debates in the House of Lords, concerning the French being permitted to build men-of-war in the ports of Great Britain. 1807. Leyden, in Holland, damaged by an explosion of gunpowder; 150 persons were killed and upwards of 2000 wonded. January 13th. (1856, Sunday.) Roman Catholic Saints: Veronica of Milan; Kantigern. REMARKABLE EVENTS. 368. Hilary, Bishop of Poictiers, died. 857. Ethelwulf died. 1490. Parliament met. 1631. Subsidizing alliance of France with Sweden. |