1746. The French East India squadron destroyed at Madras by a hurricane.
1780. John Andre, a British officer, hanged at Tappan, New York, as a spy, while Arnold made his escape to the British head quarters, where he received £10,000 and a commission in the army, as a reward for his treachery.
1780. A violent hurricane in the West Indies, which devastated the island of Jamaica. In one town of 200 inhabitants, not a vestige of man, beast or habitation
was left. Twelve men of war were lost, and in most of them their entire crews perished.
1782. Charles Lee, a major-general in the revolutionary army, died. He was an officer in the British army at the age of 11, and distinguished himself in 1762 under Burgoyne in Portugal. He joined the American army at the outbreak of the war, but was suspended after the battle of Monmouth, for some improper conduct.
1786. Augustus Keppel, a distinguished British admiral, died. He accompanied Anson in his voyage round the world.
1801. Augustus Ferdinand Veltheim, an eminent German mineralogist, died; he published several valuable scientific works.
1803. Samuel Adams, governor of Massachusetts, died, aged 82; distinguished as a writer and a patriot, and for his influence in forwarding the American revolution; of stern integrity, dignified manners and great suavity of temper. He and John Hancock were proscribed when a pardon was offered to every one else.
1812. British cannonaded Ogdensburg.
1841. James Fraser, the founder and publisher of Fraser's Magazine, died in London; when literature lost an earnest supporter, and literary men a generous patron.