1843. Susan Johnston, widow of the late John Johnston, Esq., of Ireland, died at Sault St. Marie. She was daughter of Wabojeeg, chief of the Chippewa nation.
1850. Hardin Bigelow, mayor of Sacramento, died of cholera. He had distinguished himself by his vigor and bravery in quelling the squatter riots in Sacramento, and in enforcing the laws, by which he was wounded, and lost an arm.
1852. Ada Augusta, countess of Lovelace, and daughter of Byron, died, aged 37. Her tastes turned to metaphysics and mathematics.
1855. Robert Bunyan died at Lincoln, England, aged 80; the last male descendant in a direct line from the author of Pilgrim's Progress.
1856. H. Tollens, the great national poet of Holland, died at Ryswick, aged 77. His poetry, remarkable for its ardent patriotism, enjoyed extraordinary popularity among all classes of his countrymen.
NOVEMBER 28.
411. Flavius Julius Constantine put to death by order of Constantius. He was a private Roman soldier, who invested himself with the imperial purple in Britain, and added Gaul and Spain to his dominions.
741. Gregory III, pope, died. He was a charitable but magnificent pontiff, who added great splendor to the holy see.
1285. Peter III, king of Arragon, died. He is notorious for the massacre of the French in the island of Sicily, called the Sicilian Vespers, by which he became master of the kingdom.
1443. Revolt of Scanderbeg from the Turkish power, holding the standard of his native mountains.