July 23, 1814 Ohio - Shawnee, Delaware, Seneca, Wyandot and Miami people make peace with Americans, enlist against British; after death of Tecumseh. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 23, 1767 London England - Crown holds Prince Edward Island land lottery to divide PEI among various claimants for military or other public service; lots chosen at random, all in one day. The Earl of Egmont had asked George III to grant him Prince Edward Island forever; he planned to build armed castles and moats for himself and about 400 lesser lords. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- July 23, 1759 Quebec Quebec - English cannon balls fired from Levis destroy the Cathedral of Quebec. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- July 23,1757 Ticonderoga NY - Colonel Parker, of The Jersey Blues, leaves Fort William Henry with a force of 350 men, 5 captains, 4 lieutenants, and an ensign in 22 barges, two of which are under sail, to meet the incoming French troops, an army consisting of the companies of La Reine, La Sarre, Languedoc, and Guyenne, almost 1,000 men of La Marine, a three hundred man unit known as Villiers' Volunteers, 2,500 Canadians and 1,800 warriors from the western Indian nations of Ottawa, Menomonee, Sauk (Winnabagos and Wichitas), Potawatomie and Fox. The barges are ambushed and sunk by the Indians, and most of the English captured for ransom. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 23, 1632 Dieppe France - Ship bearing 300 colonists bound for New France leaves the port of Dieppe. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 23, 1715 - The first lighthouse in America was authorized for construction at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 23,1829 - The first typewriter was patented -- by William Burt of Mt. Vernon, MI. It didn’t work out as well as other practical models developed years later. The first problem was, people couldn’t get used to calling it a Burtwriter...