1828. Miller Ritchie, justly considered the father of fine English printing, died.
1840. London enveloped in dense fog, which arrested business in the city and on the river. Serious accidents and loss of life occurred. Such an event had not occurred before in 20 years; it was impossible to find the way along the streets without lighted flambeaux.
1849. Thomas H. Blake, an early settler at Terre Haute, Ind., and a distinguished American statesman, died.
NOVEMBER 29.
92. Agrippa observed at Bethynia a conjunction of the moon with the Pleiades about 7 o'clock in the evening.
511. Clovis, the conqueror of Gaul and the real founder of the French monarchy, died. He fixed the royal residence at Lusatia, the modern Paris, which was originally situated on the isle of France, in the Seine.
1268. Clement IV (Guy de Foulques), pope, died. He was a Frenchman, of great moderation, prudence and impartiality.
1290. Eleanor, queen of England, died. She was a Castilian princess, characterized as pious, prudent and charitable, elegant in her person, and gentle in her manners.
1314. Philip IV (the Fair), of France, died. He engaged in a long and bloody war with England, Germany and Flanders, and in a single engagement with the latter 25,000 of his enemies were slain.
1330. Rodger Mortimer, earl of March, hanged near London. He was engaged as a principal actor in a complicated scene of guilt with Isabella queen of Edward II.