Aug 12, 1764 Erie Pennsylvania- John Bradstreet 1714-1774 holds peace talks with Pontiac Rebellion tribes of the Delaware and Shawnee at Fort Presqu'ile; sent to attack them ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 12, 1756 Oswego New York- Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm 1712-1759 sets up a battery on high ground 80 yards from British post of Fort Ontario and starts firing on it with cannon, some of which were Braddock's own cannon, seized after the Battle of the Wilderness. At 4 pm, Col. James Mercer decides the fort is no longer tenable, and orders his regiments - the 15th and 51st to evacuate across the river to old Ft. Oswego; the French then open fire with every gun, and the walls of Fort Oswego start to break apart under the cannonade. The defenders will hold out for two more days before being massacred by Montcalm's Indian allies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aug 12,1865 - Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use disinfectant during surgery. Hmm. Joseph Lister. That name rings a bell. Yep. Same Joseph Lister as the one whose name is on those bottles of Listerine mouthwash. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------