1603. Peter Charron, a learned French ecclesiastic, died. His Book of Wisdom, spread his fame through the country, and has been twice translated into English.
1613. Trajan Boccalini, an Italian wit, died at Venice; probably assassinated by the emissaries of the court of Spain. His works have been translated into several languages.
1644. Hugh McMabone executed at Tyburn for conspiring the Irish massacre.
1695. Peter Nicole, an eminent French divine, died. He is the author of more than one hundred works.
1745. William Broome, a celebrated English poet, died.
1745. A party of French and Indians from Crown Point surprised the village of Saratoga, leaving the country uncovered to Schenectady and Albany.
1773. Destruction of the tea in Boston harbor. The duty imposed by the British parliament was 3 cents per pound; the quantity destroyed 342 chests.
1773. John Hawkesworth, an English writer, died. He compiled a narrative of the discoveries in the South seas, and wrote the Adventurer.
1773. John Bradley Blake, an English chemist, botanist and mathematician, died. He went to China, from whence he sent home all the valuable seeds and plants of the country, and began a collection of its ores and fossils, but his application destroyed his health.
1776. James Ferguson, the celebrated Scottish astronomer, died. He was an extraordinary instance among self taught men, having emerged from a shepherd's boy, to the highest rank in science.