Freebase(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition: Circumstances. Circumstances is the second track on progressive rock band Rush's 1978 album Hemispheres. Lyrically, it is an autobiographical account, written by Peart, about the time he spent living in England, and his eventual disillusionment with his then-current occupations.
Anthony Wayne, byname Mad Anthony Wayne (born Jan. 1, 1745, near Paoli, Pa. [U.S.]âdied Dec. 15, 1796, Presque Isle, Pa., U.S.), prominent American general during the Revolutionary War, who later destroyed the Northwest Indian Confederation at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in Ohio (Aug. 20, 1794).
Wayne set out for the Northwest Territory in 1793. Washington had given him an army of about 1,000 soldiers. âMad Anthonyâ Wayne traveled through the western part of Ohio where he established a fort at what is now Greenville, Ohio. He then spent the entire winter drilling and preparing his army for battle.