1822. Richard Earlom, an English engraver of great skill, died. His flower pieces are highly valued.
1826. Charles Mills, an eminent English historian, died. His histories of the crusades, of chivalry and of Muhammedanism, are valuable acquisitions to literature.
1831. Capo d'Istrias, president of Greece, assassinated by one of his own countrymen.
1836. James Saumarez, an English admiral, died; distinguished in the naval history of his country, and eminent for his private virtues.
1842. Joshua Stow, sometime chief judge in Middlesex county court, Conn., died at Middletown.
1845. David Baillie Warden died at Paris, aged 67. He was a native of Ireland, was sometime consul of the United States at Paris, where he collected a valuable library of American history, was a member of the French academy, and a man of letters and varied learning.
1847. Sweden abolished slavery in the island of St. Bartholomew and all her dependencies.
1849. Timothy Dwight Sprague, editor of the American Literary Magazine, died at Andover, Mass., aged 30.
1849. A riot in Philadelphia, between a set of whites called killers, and some negroes. It was continued the next day, until put down. Four houses were burned, 4 persons killed, and 11 wounded.
1854. William Darby, an eminent American geographer and statistician, died at Washington, aged 79.