655. MARTIN I, pope, died. He caused the doctrines of the monothelites
to be condemned, and was afterwards sent to the Crimea by Constantine,
where he died of ill treatment.
1186. A conjunction of all the planets at sunrise in Libra, on which
occasion the astrologers had predicted great calamities.
1380. CHARLES V (_the Wise_), of France, died. By his abilities and
energy, the English were dispossessed of nearly all their provinces in
France.
1519. JOHN COLET, an English divine, died; known as the founder of St.
Paul's school, London, for the gratuitous education of 153 pupils
perpetually. His father had 22 children, yet at the time of making the
above endowment, he had no near relative to inherit the property.
1589. MICHAEL BAIUS, an able French ecclesiastic, died. His writings are
superior to the learning of the times in which he lived.
1655. The Swedish settlement on the Delaware, called fort Casimir,
commanded by Suen Scutz, surrendered to the Dutch under Gov. Stuyvesant.
The strength of the place consisted of 4 fourteen pounders, 5 swivels
and some small arms, which were delivered to the conquered, who became
possessed of the west side of Delaware bay, and the fortress was called
New Amstel by the Dutch, and New Castle by the English.
1681. Action off cape Spartel between a British ship and an Algerine
corsair with 327 men and 88 Christian slaves on board. The battle lasted
from 2 till 8 P. M., within pistol shot, and was renewed again next
morning, when the corsair, having lost two masts, called for quarter.