1499. The bridge of Notre Dame, at Paris, fell.
1555. Charles V resigned the sovereignty of the Low Countries, in the presence of the states at Brussels, in favor of his bigoted son Philip.
1691. George Legge, an able English naval officer, died in the Tower, whither he had been sent on suspicion of favoring the revolution.
1692. Peter Schuyler was admitted by Gov. Fletcher to the council board, his peculiar qualifications being required by the administration.
1701. Philadelphia first chartered by William Penn; Edward Shippen was appointed mayor.
1714. Sebastian le Clerc died; a French engraver, who rose from obscurity to eminence.
1731. Several valuable manuscripts destroyed in the Cottonian library at Westminster, by a fire.
1735. Charles Mordaunt, a renowned English naval officer, died. To bravery and heroism he added a penetrating genius and a mind highly polished.
1751. An extraordinary eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
1757. Augustine Calmet, a learned French ecclesiastic, died. He was well acquainted with the oriental languages and published several learned works, which are still in use.