1555. Justus Jonas died; a learned coadjutor of Luther and the other reformers, and author of a Defence of the Marriage of the Priests, and other works.
1563. Gabriel Fallopius, a celebrated Italian physician and anatomist, died at Padua. He possessed great powers of mind, which he cultivated by intense application.
1642. The first commencement was held at Harvard college, when nine candidates took the degree of A. B.
1646. The whole order of English bishops abolished by an ordinance of parliament.
1665. Gov. Stuyvesant submitted to the states general his report in relation to the surrender of New York to the English.
1682. Henry Blount died; an English traveler, who made the tour of Europe and part of Asia, and published an account of his travels on his return.
1688. Claude Perrault, a distinguished French physician and architect, died.
1690. John Maynard, an eminent English lawyer, died; celebrated for his eloquence, integrity and public spirit.
1705. John Christopher Wagenseil died; a learned German polemical writer, and professor of history and oriental languages at Altorf.
1707. A fleet of English merchantmen attacked off the Lizard point; the Devonshire man-of-war blown up.