509. B. C. VALERIUS PUBLICOLA pronounced a funeral oration over the body
of Junius Brutus, which was the first institution of that generous
tribute to the memory of the virtuous dead.
1554. In the household expenses of Queen Mary 15 shillings are given to
a yeoman for bringing her majesty a leek on this day.
1562. The catholics under the duke of Guise fell upon a body of
Calvinists at Bassi in France, who were singing the psalms of Marot in a
barn. The latter were insulted, and induced to come to blows: when
nearly 60 of these unhappy people were killed and 200 wounded. This
unexpected event lightened the flame of civil war throughout the
kingdom.
1564. Printing introduced again into Moscow. Some 12 years previous it
had been used there, but the burning of the city by the Poles suspended
it.
1625. JOHN ROBINSON died; minister of the first English church in
Holland, to which the first settlers of New England belonged. He fled to
Holland with his congregation to avoid persecution, and at the time of
his death was preparing to follow with the remainder of the brethren to
America. He was distinguished for his learning, liberality and piety.
1645. Battle of Pontefract, in which Sir Marmaduke Langdale defeated the
lord Fairfax.
1663. ADAM ADAMI, a French ecclesiastic, statesman and historian, died.
1682. THOMAS HERBERT, an English author of _Travels in Asia and Africa_,
died. He was engaged in the civil wars between the parliament and the
royalists, and on the restoration was created a baronet.
1689. The odious hearth stone tax ordered to be taken off by William,
prince of Orange.
1711. The _Spectator_, a daily critical, satirical and literary paper
made its appearance in London, under the conduct of Addison and Steele
principally, with the assistance of some of the master spirits of the
day, and had a reputation which has never been equaled by any other
periodical of the kind.
1733. That mysterious person, the _oldest_ inhabitant, witnessed a great
flood in the north of England, wholly unprecedented in his life time.
1766. ZABDIEL BOYLSTON, an American physician, died. He was the first to
introduce inoculation for small-pox into New England. This mode of
treating a virulent disease brought upon him the ridicule of his medical
brethren; but he outlived these prejudices and realized a handsome
fortune by his profession.
1774. Prince A. D. KANTEMIR, died; a Turk by birth, but subsequently a
distinguished oriental scholar.
1781. Maryland ratified the articles of the confederation of the United
States being the last state to do so.
1786. The first No. of the _Observer_ appeared, conducted by Cumberland,
the dramatist.
1791. The annual masquerade held at Rutland square rooms, Dublin, was
the cause of a great riot and the death of many of the police.
1792. LEOPOLD II of Germany, and I of Tuscany, died. He made the latter
the happiest and best governed state of Italy. In 1790 he succeeded to
the imperial crown, and was noted for the wisdom of his measures, his
affability, strict justice and kindness to the poor.
1793. Battle of Aldenhoven, between the French under Dumourier, and
40,000 Austrians under Gen. Coburg. The French were defeated with the
loss of 6,000 killed and 4,000 prisoners.
1799. Essex county, N. Y., erected.
1811. Massacre of the Mamelukes in Egypt by order of the pasha.
1814. Treaty of Chaumont, between Austria, Russia, Prussia and Great
Britain, against Napoleon.
1815. BONAPARTE landed at Frejus in France from Elba, and resumed the
imperial crown.
1816. Ontario co., N. Y., erected.
1838. The Patriots of Canada, about 600 in number, under Nelson and
Cote, surrendered to Gen. Wool of the United States army, near Alburg
Springs, Vt., and the frontier became tranquilized.
1845. Texas admitted into the Union as an independent State.
1854. The steam ship city of Glasgow left Liverpool for Philadelphia
with more than 300 passengers, and was never more seen.
1855. THOMAS DAY, an eminent Connecticut jurist died, aged 78. He
published 26 volumes of law reports, and his entire works number about
40 volumes.
1856. The colossal bronze statue of Beethoven, the gift of Charles C.
Perkins, inaugurated at the music hall, Boston.