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Dreadful eruption of a volcano at St. Vincent's, April 30. Spencer Perceval assassinated in the House of Commons by John Bellingham, May II.

Battle of Salamanca, July 22. 1 Madrid captured by the British, August 12.

Smolensko entered by the French, August 18.

The siege of Cadiz raised by the French, August 25.

Seville captured by the British, August 27.

Battle of Moskwa, September 7.

The French entered Moscow, September 14.

General Brock defeated the American army in Canada, October 13. The Prince Regent opened the Session of Parliament in person, November 30.

Retreat of the French from Moscow. - Bonaparte arrives in Paris at midnight, December 18. 1813 Concordat signed at Fontainbleau, between Bonaparte and the Pope, Pius VII., January 25.

Louis XVIII. publishes an address to the people of France, February 1. A. D. 1813 The Russian troops enter Hamburg, March 18. -- - - A treaty of alliance between Russia and Prussia, March. Bonaparte again left Paris for the seat of war, April 15. A decree of the Spanish Cortes, for abolishing the Inquisition in Spain, April. Battle of Lutzen, May 2.

The Catholic Emancipation Bill thrown out in a committee of the House of Commons, by a majority of four; the numbers being 247 for it; 251 against it, May 24.

St. Sebastian taken by storm, August 31. 1 Battle of Vittoria, June 21.

Great battles fought at Dresden; in which Gen. Moreau was mortally wounded, September 4 and 5. Leipsic taken October 19.

Fall of Pampeluna, October 31. 1814 A fair on the Thames the surface being frozen over above the bridges, Febru- - - - -- -- - ary 4.

Lord Wellington took possession of Bordeaux, and the inhabitants declared for the Bourbons, March 8.