1835. The fortress of San Antonio surrendered by the Mexicans to the Texans under colonel Milan; the captors found 1900 rounds of powder and ball, 24 pieces of cannon, and a large amount of military stores, &c.
1836. A decree of the queen of Portugal published, abolishing the slave trade in the Portuguese dominions.
1842. Pleasant Henderson, a soldier of the revolution from North Carolina, died in Tennessee. He was a companion of Daniel Boone in many of his wanderings and was for more than thirty years a clerk of the North Carolina house of commons.
1842. Rowland Hill, viscount Hill, the well known coadjutor of the duke of Wellington in the peninsula campaigns, died in his 70th year, near Shrewsbury, England.
1845. Jesse D. Elliot, an American commodore, died at Philadelphia, aged 62. He contributed much to Perry's success on lake Erie.
1846. James Grierson died at Masharene, New Brunswick, aged 105. He was one of the loyalists that left the United States during the revolution.
1848. Louis Napoleon elected president of the French; 5,534,520 voting for him.
1852. William Empson, professor of law in the East India college at Hoxley, England, died, aged 62. He was editor of the Edinburgh Review.
1855. The emperor Faustin I left Port-au-Prince with 30,000 men to subjugate the Dominican republic; his forces were completely routed and dispersed.