1701. JAMES II, of England, died in France. He was dethroned in 1688,
and remained a pensioner on the bounty of the king of France till his
death.
1732. The tide in the river Thames, England, flowed eight hours instead
of four and ebbed five instead of eight.
1736. GABRIEL DANIEL FAHRENHEIT, a Prussian philosopher, died; eminent
for his great improvement in the construction of thermometers.
1745. Bergen-op-Zoom surrendered to the French.
1775. ALLEN BATHURST, an English statesman, died. His biographers claim
for him almost every talent and every virtue.
1776. Unsuccessful attack of the British on the Americans at Harlem
Heights. British lost 20 killed and about 100 wounded.
1779. Count D'ESTAING summoned Savannah, Georgia, garrisoned by the
British under general Provost, who amused the French until he received a
reinforcement.
1782. CARLO BROSCHI (_Farinelli_), died; an Italian singer of great
celebrity.
1784. ROBERT BELL the first who kept a circulating library in
Philadelphia, died at Richmond, Va.
1785. Darkness so great at Quebec that no person could read at noonday.
(See Oct. 16, 1783.)
1792. Three thousand French refugees had landed in England from the
revolution in France; and in the course of the following year they were
reckoned at 8000 priests and 2000 laymen. These were mostly destitute,
and down to 1806, about two million pounds had been contributed to their
support.
1795. Cape of Good Hope surrendered to the British by the Dutch.
1800. Battle of Lambach: the French took from the Austrians 1000 wagons
of provisions, equipage and ammunition.
1804. WILLIAM TINDALL, an English divine and antiquary, died.
1805. An experiment with a calamaran made on a vessel of 300 tons burden
opposite Walma castle, England, which succeeded and blew up the vessel.
1808. PETER ISAAC THELLUSON, a rich London merchant, died, leaving
500,000 pounds to accumulate till the male children of his grandsons are
dead, which may extend to 120 years from his death, when it will amount
to £140,000,000, and if there should be no lineal descendants, it goes
to the benefit of the sinking fund.
1824. LOUIS XVIII, of France, died. During the reign of Napoleon he
lived in England. He is represented as a mild and amiable prince, who
consulted the wishes and happiness of his people.
1833. CALVIN EDSON, the _living skeleton_, died. His weight was about 40
pounds.
1833. The boundary line between New York and New Jersey settled.
1834. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD died in Edinburgh; eminent as a bookseller, and
publisher of the well known periodical, _Blackwood's Magazine_.
1838. The entire rail way from London to Birmingham opened; when the
passage including stoppages of 34 minutes, was performed in 4 hours, 48
minutes.
1839. The expedition under Dease and Simpson regained the Coppermine
river after the longest voyage that had ever been performed by boats in
the Polar sea--1631 statute miles. On the return of the party from the
Red river settlement to England, Simpson perished by violence; but was
more fortunate than Parke or Hudson, in leaving behind him his own
record of his own achievements.
1848. JOHN P. CUSHMAN, an American jurist, died at Troy, N. Y., aged 64.
He was born in Connecticut, graduated at Yale, and commenced the
practice of law in Troy. He held various offices of trust, and was
eminent in his profession.
1848. The populace of Frankfort attempted an insurrection, but were
quelled. Prince Lichnowski and major von Auerswald were barbarously
murdered by insurgents outside of the walls.
1851. HENRY WHITING, an American general, died at St. Louis. He began
his military career in 1808, and was among the oldest officers of the
army. He served with reputation on the Niagara frontier, and in the war
with Mexico, sharing in the glory of the field of Buena Vista. He was a
contributor to the _North Am. Review_.
1852. Earthquake in Manilla and places adjacent, which continued until
18th October, doing great damage.
1854. LUZERNE RAE, an American poet, died at Hartford, Ct., aged 43.
After graduating at Yale, he became a teacher in the deaf and dumb
institution at Hartford, where he found time to edit the _Religious
Herald_, and the first six volumes of _Annals_ of the deaf and dumb, to
write poetry, and collect materials for a history of New England.
1855. BENEDETTO PISTRUCCI, medalist to the queen of England, died at
Windsor, aged 73. He was a member of various learned European
institutions.