1038. ANGELOTH, archbishop of Canterbury, died. He is noted for having
refused to crown Harold, although he had enjoyed the patronage of his
father Canute.
1268. CONRADINO, emperor of Germany, beheaded at Naples, at the age of
16. In a hazardous attempt to recover a part of his possessions which
had been wrested from him, he fell into the power of his enemy.
1618. WALTER RALEIGH, an illustrious English nobleman, beheaded at the
age of 66. He is memorable as a "statesman, seaman, soldier, chemist and
chronologist." He obtained the patent of Virginia in 1584.
1666. JAMES SHIRLEY, an English dramatic writer, died. His death was
occasioned by the great fire of London; both himself and his wife died
of fright, and were buried in one grave. He wrote 37 plays and a volume
of poems.
1666. EDMUND CALAMY, an eminent English divine, died, it is said by
reason of the great fire at London.
1691. MELCHIZEDEC THEVENOT died; librarian to the king of France, and a
celebrated writer of travels.
1727. Earthquake in New England. No event of the kind had been witnessed
by the English, of equal violence, since their settlement of the
country, and consequently they were greatly alarmed. It was felt along
the coast 700 miles, though of only 2 minutes' duration; and the island
of Martinique was in danger of being entirely destroyed by an earthquake
the same day, which was felt at intervals during eleven hours.
1745. Battle of Freybourg; the Prussians under prince Henry defeated the
allies, who lost 8,000 men.
1757. EDWARD VERNON, a renowned English admiral, died.
1776. The British and Hessians repulsed in an attack on the Americans
under Col. Glover, at White Plains.
1777. JOHN HANCOCK resigned his office as president of Congress.
1777. The whole force of the Americans under Washington was 12,480 men,
of whom 8,963 were regulars then called continentals.
1778. Americans under major Talbot captured the British schooner Pigott,
and brought her into Stonington.
1783. JOHN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT, a distinguished French philosopher, died.
1792. Three of the mutineers of the ship Bounty were executed at
Portsmouth.
1793. The Austrians under Clairfait defeated the French in their
intrenched camp before Mentz; the camp was carried, 106 cannon, 200
ammunition wagons, and 2,000 men were taken prisoners.
1795. The citizens of London obstructed the king on his way to the
parliament house, clamoring for bread, peace, no Pitt. A bullet pierced
the glass of the king's coach.
1804. GEORGE MORLAND died; an exquisite English painter, principally of
rustic scenes.
1810. Battle of Aculco, Mexico; the Spanish patriots under the first
Aldamo, defeated by the king's troops under Gen. Callejas, with the loss
of 6,000.
1812. MALLET, with 12 of his confederates in a plot to subvert the
Bonaparte dynasty, were tried and shot in the plains of Grenille.
1814. Holland, in consideration of its relinquishment of all its claims
to the cape of Good Hope, and to the colonies of Demarara, Essequebo and
Berbice, all the other colonies which she possessed previous to 1794, in
Asia, Africa and America, were restored by Great Britain.
1814. Steam frigate Fulton launched at New York.
1814. The sloop of war Peacock, Capt. Warrington, returned from a cruise
of 147 days, during which she had captured and destroyed 14 British
vessels.
1824. CHARLES PINCKNEY, an American orator and statesman, died. He was a
patriot of the revolution, and a member of the convention which framed
the constitution.
1825. The first boat on the Erie canal, from Albany, reached Buffalo, on
which occasion a celebration took place.
1828. LUKE HANSARD, a very eminent English printer, died; distinguished
also for his piety.
1831. Riots at Bristol, England, during which the jails were broken open
and burnt, the mansion house and custom house destroyed, the toll-gates
pulled down, and many private houses plundered and set on fire, by which
some hundreds of people were burnt to death.
1841. THOMAS PHILIPS, an eminent English vocalist, died by a rail road
accident, aged 66.
1842. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, an eminent Scottish poet, died in London, aged
56.
1850. The statue of John C. Calhoun, which had been lost by the wreck of
a vessel, was recovered almost without injury.
1850. The Portuguese frigate Donna Maria II, of 32 guns, accidentally
blown up in the harbor of Macao, and completely destroyed; of 244 men on
board, 188 perished.
1852. The remains of DANIEL WEBSTER were buried at Marshfield, Mass.,
many thousands of citizens of Boston and adjoining towns being present.
1854. JOSIAH BUTLER, an eminent New Hampshire statesman and judge, died
at Deerfield, aged 74.
1854. W. W. FARMER, lieutenant-governor of Louisiana, died at Baton
Rouge, aged 45; for many years a prominent man in the state.