1813. The American army under general Wilkinson disembarked the whole of
the troops and passed Prescott. A heavy cannonade was opened by the British on the flotilla of 300 boats, not one of which was touched, however.
1832. Grand festival in Sweden in honor of Gustavus Adolphus, it being the 200th anniversary of the battle of Lutzen.
1839. William B. Conway, secretary of Iowa territory, died; well known as a poet, and a man of literary talent and taste.
1840. Thomas Prince, a colored man, died in New York, aged 111. He is said to have been "as quick as a man in the prime of life;" he died suddenly, without sickness.
1842. William Hone, the well known author of the Every Day Book, died at Tottenham, England. His political satires gave him some distinction.
1852. Daniel Drake, an eminent physician, of Cincinnati, died, aged 67. He published a work on the Diseases of the Valley of North America, and earned the reputation of a man of high talent, unsparing labor and prodigal research.
1853. The first presbyterian Chinese church organized at San Francisco.
NOVEMBER 7.
63 B. C. Cicero, with the authority of a consul, summoned the senate to the temple of Jupiter, where it was assembled only in times of public alarm, and delivered his famous invective in the presence of Cataline.