1757. A. M. The waters of the deluge had subsided, and the earth became
dry on the 27th of the 2d month, corresponding with this date (Nov. 10).
570. Birthday of MAHOMET, as settled by the Benedictines: by other
authority, April 21, 571.
1202. Siege of Jadera, now Zara, by the Venitian crusaders. It was a
Roman city, colonized by Augustus.
1270. EDWARD I joined the African crusade before Tunis, a few weeks
after the death of Louis, in his tent.
1444. Battle of Varna, between the Turks under Amurath, and the
Christians under Ladislaus of Hungary, in which the latter were
defeated, and Ladislaus and 10,000 slain.
1549. PAUL III (_Alexander Farnese_), pope, died. It was with him that
Henry VIII came to a rupture, which severed the church of England from
that of Rome.
1558. Last auto-da-fé in the reign of queen MARY of England. It is
supposed that in about three years 280 persons perished at the stake.
1567. ANNE DE MONTMORENCY, marshal of France, killed at the battle of
St. Denis, after performing prodigies of valor. He commanded at many
memorable battles.
1624. HENRY WROITESLEY, earl of Southampton, one of the most steady
patrons of men of learning, died at Bergen-op-Zoom, in Holland.
1683. JOHN COLLINS, an eminent English mathematician, died; the intimate
correspondent of the learned men of his times.
1715. GODFREY OLEARIUS, a learned German divine and historian, died.
1721. JOHN MAPLETOFT, an eminent English physician and divine, died,
aged 91.
1722. The Royal Anne galley, cast away near Lizard point, and lord
Bellhaven, governor of Barbadoes, with other passengers and ship's crew,
perished. A boy and two sailors only saved.
1735. THOMAS DEAN, of Malden, a writer and printer, died in Kent, aged
102.
1750. EDWARD BRIGHT, an English grocer, died, aged 29. His height was 5
feet 10 inches, his bulk round the body, 6 feet 11 inches, and his
weight, 537 pounds.
1758. The oldest lion in the Tower of London died. Said to be 68 years
old. It had been presented to James II, by one of the Barbary states.
1769. Capt. HOLLYMORE died, at Vauxhall, Eng. His mother had
prepossessed him when a child, that he should die on the 10th of
November, 1769, and in consequence of that prepossession, he made his
will, and gave orders about his funeral; and though seemingly in perfect
health when he went to bed, was found dead next morning, without the
least sign of violence of any kind.
1781. Negapatam, in the East Indies, surrendered by the Dutch to the
British, with 8000 prisoners.
1794. The French convention closed the hall of the Jacobins, and
banished the society. They also banished the emigrants forever from
France, and confiscated their estates.
1795. The schooner White Fish arrived at Philadelphia, from Presque
isle, on lake Erie. The White Fish was 17½ feet keel, and 5 feet 7
inches beam, and performed her remarkable voyage in 7 weeks, passing the
falls of Niagara 10 miles by land, and proceeding by lake Ontario, the
Oswego river, lake Oneida, Wood creek, the Mohawk and Hudson rivers, to
her place of destination--947 miles. The vessel was built and navigated
by two young men, who made their unique voyage without chart or compass.
1797. CATHARINE II, of Russia, died. She seized her husband and probably
had him murdered, by which she became sole mistress of the throne. She
possessed many bad qualities, mixed with some good ones.
1797. FREDERICK WILLIAM II, of Prussia, died.
1802. An island in latitude 5° 49´ N. longitude, 162° 23´ W. from
London, discovered by captain Sowle, of the Palmyra, of Providence, R.
I., which he called Palmyra island.
1808. GUY CARLETON, a distinguished British officer in America, and
governor of Canada, died. His great exertions saved Canada, when
besieged by the Americans under Montgomery and Arnold.
1812. United States schooner Growler, lieutenant Mix, having under
convoy a British prize schooner, by a masterly manoeuvre saved his prize
and captured another British schooner, under convoy of two armed ships,
on lake Ontario. The schooner had $12,000 on board, and the private
property and baggage of general Brock.
1813. The British under lord Wellington attacked the French position at
Anhoue, in Spain, and took 51 cannon and 1400 prisoners. British loss,
2484, exclusive of the loss of the Spanish; French loss, 3000.
1825. Com. MCDONOUGH, who commanded the fleet at Plattsburgh in 1814,
died of consumption at Middletown, Conn.
1832. JOHN GASPARD SPURZHEIM, the celebrated German phrenologist, died.
He came to America in the same year of his death, after having traveled
through several countries on the continent, for the purpose of
propagating the science, and making investigations.
1834. EARL SPENCER, an English statesman, died. He was much respected
for his talents and virtues, and possessed the finest private library in
Europe.
1835. ANDREW LJUNGSTEDT died; a Swedish author of great learning, who
resided at Macao, in China, 40 years, and wrote a history of the
Portuguese settlements in China.
1837. ALBERT PAWLING died, aged 88; an officer in the revolutionary
army, and engaged in several battles. He was the first sheriff of
Rensselaer county, and first mayor of Troy.
1838. SANTA CRUZ, president of Bolivia, and protector of Peru, entered
Lima at the head of a large army--Gomarra, with the Chilian army, having
evacuated it.
1843. JOHN TRUMBULL, a celebrated American painter, and aid to general
Washington during the war of the revolution, died in New York, aged 87.
He was buried in New Haven, where fifty-five of his paintings are
preserved in the college. His _chef-d'œuvre_ is the great painting of
the signers of the declaration of independence.
1851. WILLIAM G. BELKNAP, an officer of the United States army, died,
aged 56. He distinguished himself at Buena Vista.
1852. The punishment of death re-established in Tuscany, for treason,
crimes against religion, murder, and robbery with violence.
1852. A treaty was ratified between the courts of Vienna and Rome,
stipulating that the latter should support in the territories of the
pope, 12,000 infantry and 1400 cavalry, for whom $18,000 per month was
to be paid by the papal government.
1852. GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL, an eminent English geologist, died in
London, aged 62.
1853. THOMAS M. NELSON, an officer in the war of 1812, died at Columbus,
Ga., aged 71.
1853. MARIA, queen of Portugal, died in childbed. She was buried on the
19th with great solemnity, and demonstrations of public regret.