1585. Thomas Tallis died; "one of the greatest musicians that England ever bred."
1610. Bernard de Girard de Haillan, a French historian, died. His history reaches from Pharamond to the death of Charles VII, and he was the first who composed a body of French history in French.
1616. Richard Hakluyt died; famous in English history for his naval skill. He is author of a collection of voyages and discoveries in 3 vols. folio, and of several other useful works.
1665. Valentine Greatbreakes, an Irishman, appeared in England announcing his power to cure many diseases by stroking the patient. Flamstead, the astronomer, is said to have, when young, submitted to his art.
1679. William Wilde, an eminent English lawyer, died. He published Yelverton's Reports, was created baronet, and made a judge of the common pleas, and afterwards promoted to the king's bench.
1683. A partition line agreed upon by governor Dongan and governor Treat, between New York and Connecticut, beginning at the mouth of Byam brook, in the sound, thence running up the brook to the road across the same, thence in a northerly line into the country, keeping at a distance of 20 miles from Hudson's river. (See [May 14, 1731].)
1709. William Bentinck, earl of Portland, favorite of William III, and an eminent statesman, died.
1758. Battle of Crefelt; the French under St. Germaine defeated by the allies under the duke of Brunswick, with the loss of 6,000, among whom was the count de Gisors. The allies lost 1,500.
1763. Anthony Francis d'Exiles, a French writer, died. He was educated among the Jesuits, but entered the army. He translated Richardson's novels into French.
1775. The British lieutenant-colonel John Connelly captured near Hagerstown by the Americans, on his way to Detroit with papers and despatches of great importance.