1824. Henry Bate Dudley died. He was born in England 1745, educated for the pulpit, and succeeded to his father's benefice. He established the Morning Post, and subsequently several other papers, and manifested his literary abilities by the production of several successful comedies. He obtained a baronetcy, and at the time of his decease was a magistrate for eleven counties.
1824. John Lempriere died, author of the Biographical Dictionary. He was an English prelate, and an excellent classical scholar.
1833. Elizabeth Moore died, in Pitt county, North Carolina, aged 101.
1837. A memorial was presented to congress, signed by 56 authors of Great Britain, praying that body to secure to them the exclusive right to their respective writings in the United States.
1837. Edward Donovan died, near London, a celebrated author on natural history.
1837. Simpson, in the service of the Hudson Bay company, reached Athabasca, having completed since the first of December a journey of 1277 statute miles, the preliminary step of the expedition.
1845. Samuel McGwinn, known as the Caithness Veteran, died at Andover, New-Hampshire, aged 110.
1851. Mary Wolstonecraft, widow of Percy Bysshe Shelley, died, aged 53; known in authorship by her Travels and Frankenstein.
1852. Ohio state house burnt, and a large mass of valuable papers perished with it.
1854. Silvio Pellico died near Turin in Italy. In 1820 he was seized by the Austrians as a carbonaro, while employed as a tutor, and confined in the fortress of Spielberg ten years. On his release he was employed as librarian by the Marchesa Barolo until his death.