380. GREGORY NAZIANZEN installed in the see of Constantinople, by the
hand of Theodosius, upon the removal of Demophilus, and the fall of
Arianism in the East soon followed.
1120. Prince WILLIAM, with Richard and Mary, children of Henry I, of
England, with attendants and others, to the number of 180, wrecked in
coming from Normandy, after which the king was never seen to laugh.
1504. ISABELLA, queen of Castile, died. Her reign was remarkable for the
conquest of Grenada from the Moors and the discovery of America; but was
disgraced by the introduction of the inquisition.
1678. STALEY, a catholic goldsmith, executed at Tyburn, London, for
saying, as testified by a Scotchman, "Here's the hand that will kill the
king."
1703. The great storm in England, the most violent on record. The
Eddystone lighthouse was thrown down; 13 men-of-war and 1,500 seamen
perished, with the admiral, Beaumont; bishop Kidder and a great number
of persons were killed; and an immense number of animals, and a great
amount of property destroyed.
1719. JOHN HUDSON died; an eminent English critic and keeper of the
Bodleian library.
1763. ROBERT BOLTON, an English puritan, died; distinguished for his
learning and eloquence, and the excellence of his writings.
1780. JEROME DAVID GAUBIUS died; a German professor of medicine, and
lecturer on botany and chemistry.
1793. The French republican calendar was first used, but discontinued
31st Dec., 1805. The decade was seldom used in dates.
1799. JOSEPH BLACK, a celebrated Scottish chemist, died. He was
professor of chemistry in the university of Edinburgh, and made
important discoveries in that science.
1807. OLIVER ELLSWORTH, chief justice of the United States, died.
1812. Battle of Staroy-Borizoff, in Russia; a most sanguinary conflict,
in which the French were defeated with great slaughter, after a conflict
of four hours; 8,000 prisoners and a vast quantity of baggage were
captured by the Russians; but the greatest trophy was two whole
regiments of Saxon cavalry, fresh, and in excellent order.
1817. First newspaper in Wayne county issued.
1818. Field marshal COLLOREDO, Austrian minister of state, and
director-general of artillery, died at Vienna, aged 84.
1826. JOHN NICHOLS, printer and editor of the _Gentleman's Magazine_,
died at London.
1827. JOSE ALVAREZ, a famous Spanish sculptor, died at Madrid.
1829. BUSHROD WASHINGTON died; one of the judges of the supreme court of
the United States.
1829. Great inundation of the Nile began, by which 30,000 persons
perished.
1836. JOHN LOUDON MCADAM, died in Scotland, aged 80; the celebrated
introducer of the system of road making which bears his name. He was 60
years of age when he commenced his public career as a reformer of roads;
yet he became so great a benefactor that the British government made him
a grant of nearly $50,000.
1842. ROBERT SMITH, a cabinet minister under presidents Jefferson and
Madison, died at Baltimore, aged 85.
1851. PREISSNITZ, founder of the system of hydropathy, died at
Graefenberg, in Bavaria, aged 52.
1851. Marshal SOULT, duke of Dalmatia, died in France, aged 82;
terminating a long public career, both military and civil.
1852. An earthquake greatly damaged the city of St. Jago de Cuba.
1852. At Stafford house, in London, some English ladies, headed by the
duchess of Sutherland, adopted an address to the women of America on the
subject of negro slavery, which subsequently received 576,000
signatures.