The Natchez revolt was an attack by the Natchez people on French
colonists near present-day Natchez, Mississippi, on November 29, 1729.
The Natchez and French had lived alongside each other in Louisiana for
more than a decade. After a period of deteriorating relations, the
Natchez were provoked to revolt when the French colonial commandant,
Sieur de Chépart, demanded land from a tribal village near Fort Rosalie
(pictured). They plotted an attack over several days and concealed their
plans from most of the French. In an armed massacre on the fort and
homesteads by the Mississippi River, they killed 230 of the 250 French
colonists and burned the fort and homes to the ground. Upon hearing news
of the revolt, French leaders in New Orleans feared a broader Native
American uprising and ordered an attack on the Chaouacha people, who
were not involved in the revolt. Over the next few weeks, French leaders
sent two expeditions to besiege the Natchez and recover hostages. Most
of the Natchez attackers escaped and sought refuge with other tribes,
but their revolt had been a significant setback to the Louisiana colony,
and the French retaliation led to the end of the Natchez as an
independent people.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchez_revolt>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1864:
American Civil War: The Confederate States Army suffered its
worst disaster of the war as the Army of Tennessee conducted numerous
unsuccessful frontal assaults against fortified positions at Franklin,
Tennessee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Franklin_(1864)>
1872:
The first international football match took place at Hamilton
Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_Scotland_vs_England_football_match>
1934:
The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman became the first to
officially exceed 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A3_4472_Flying_Scotsman>
1939:
The Winter War broke out as the Soviet Red Army invaded Finland
(Finnish troops pictured) and quickly advanced to the Mannerheim Line,
an action judged as illegal by the League of Nations.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War>
1962:
Burmese diplomat U Thant became United Nations Secretary-
General, following the death of Dag Hammarskjöld in September 1961.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Thant>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
exterminate:
1. To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied
to pests.
2. (figuratively) To bring a definite end to; to finish completely.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exterminate>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a
style.
--Jonathan Swift
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift>