1653. New York city incorporated.
1682. John Pautre died; an eminent French designer and engraver. His works were published in 3 vols. folio, and contained more than 1000 engravings.
1688. Abraham du Quesne died. He was a native of Normandie in France, and distinguished himself in the navy by a series of valorous and successful engagements.
1705. A new eruption of the peak of Teneriffe, forming the third volcanic mouth.
1723. Richard Sare, an eminent printer, died. A sermon preached at his death was well received and went through many editions.
1745. A conspiracy of 900 negroes to murder their masters in Jamaica was discovered by a negress to her mistress, because the plotters would not save a child she had nursed.
1752. The contributors to the Pennsylvania
hospital, having rented a house, admitted their first patients.
1768. Arthur Onslow died. He was 33 years speaker in the English house of commons and the third of his family that had been nominated to that office.
1771. John Lockman, an English dramatic writer, died.