1065. St. Peter's church at Westminster dedicated by Edward the
confessor.
1278. Injunction of the primate of England to the nunnery at Godstow,
that public prayers on this day, Childermas, should not any more be said
by little girls.
1377. WICKLIFF divulged his opinion upon the pope's mandate.
1499. Earl of Warwick, the last of the male line of the Plantagenets,
beheaded on Tower hill.
1601. The town of Kinsale, head of the sea, in Ireland, garrisoned by
Spaniards and Irish catholics, surrendered to the English armies.
1638. A Spanish ordinance establishing stamped paper in America.
1694. MARY II, queen of England, died of small pox, aged 33. She had
reigned six years in conjunction with William III, and was greatly
extolled for her virtues.
1697. MARY BEALE, an English portrait painter, died. She is styled by
Oldys "that masculine poet as well as painter, the incomparable Mrs.
Beale."
1706. PETER BAYLE, a most laborious and indefatigable French writer,
died. He was an author of great ability, principally known by his
_Critical Dictionary_.
1708. JOSEPH PITTON DE TOURNEFORT, a famous French botanist and natural
historian, died.
1733. KOULI KHAN defeated the Turks before Babylon, killing 20,000, with
the loss of 10,000.
1737. VICTOR MARIE D'ESTREES, a French admiral, died. He was also a man
of literature, and member of several learned bodies.
1737. Singular sinking and rising of land at Scarborough, in Yorkshire,
England.
1757. CAROLINE ELIZABETH, 3d daughter of Geo. II, of England, died.
1757. Leignitz taken by the Prussians under Frederick II, by which the
Austrians and French were compelled to abandon Silesia, with the loss of
4,000 men.
1758. The French settlement of Goree taken by the British admiral
Keppel.
1775. JOHN CAMPBELL, an eminent Scottish historical, biographical and
political writer died.
1778. The French under count D'ESTAING re-embarked their troops at St.
Lucia, and sailed on the following day.
1788. JOHN LOGAN, a Scottish divine and poet, died. He obtained much
distinction as an eloquent preacher.
1797. War with the pope renewed by the French, occasioned by the
assassination of Duplot, a French general, who was sent to Rome as an
ambassador.
1811. Funeral at Richmond, Va., of those who perished at the burning of
the theatre.
1814. United States privateer Prince of Neufchatel, 18 guns and 130 men,
captured by British ship Leander, two frigates in company.
1814. British cannonaded unsuccessfully the Americans under Gen.
Jackson. The cannonade continued 7 hours; the British loss estimated at
120 killed; American loss 9 killed, 8 wounded.
1817. CHARLES BARNEY, an eminent English scholar, died. He greatly
distinguished himself by the depth of his literary researches, and by
his extraordinary skill in the Greek language.
1817. American colonization society formed at Washington, having for its
object the returning of free people of color to Africa.
1818. ALEXANDER, emperor of Russia, gave to his peasant subjects the
same right with his nobles to establish manufactures.
1825. J. D. BARBIE-DU-BOCAGE, a French geographer, died. He furnished
plans and maps for the most celebrated works of the day, and published
an atlas of 54 sheets to illustrate ancient history.
1825. JOHN THOMAS SERRES, a French artist, died. His sea pieces possess
much merit, and he is besides the author of the _Little Sea Torch_, a
guide for coasting pilots.
1831. Insurrection of the slaves in Jamaica, in the course of which
about 30,000 blacks were under arms, 4,000 of whom were killed. The
amount of property destroyed was estimated at $15,000,000.
1835. Battle of Tampa bay; a company of 110 United States troops under
major Dade, attacked by a large party of Seminole Indians, and all but
three slain.
1853. A great snow storm commenced, which continued 36 hours, extending
over the new England states, and causing great interruption to business
and travel.