1816. Eclipse of the sun observed at Paris. It was total at Copenhagen.
1818. Abdullah ibn Saud, the last emir of the Wahhabis, was beheaded at Constantinople, which put an end to the temporal power of that sect.
1835. Charles Coote, an English
author, died. He was for some years editor of the Critical Review, and wrote various historical and other works of merit.
1850. Richard M. Johnson, a Kentucky soldier and statesman, died at Frankfort, aged 70.
1853. Samuel H. Crafts died at Craftsbury, Vt., aged 84. On the organization of the town, which was settled by and named in honor of his father, in 1792, he was chosen town clerk, and held the office 37 years; and he filled every public office in the gift of Vermont during some part of his lifetime.
1855. Thomas Copeland, an eminent English surgeon and medical writer, died at Brighton, aged 74.
1855. Theodric Romeyn Beck, an eminent medical writer, died at Albany, N. Y., aged 64. He was one of the originators and most ardent supporters of the geological survey of the state; but is best known by his Medical Jurisprudence. He was a member of many scientific societies at home and abroad, and his whole life was one of uninterrupted and efficient labor.
NOVEMBER 20.
63. Shipwreck of St. Paul. It was a fortnight from the fast, and about the present day, that Paul, by the occular testimony of Luke, was cast upon the shores of Malta, where they wintered three months until the period of navigation in March. Josephus, the Jewish historian, was wrecked in the same sea, and in or very near the same year.