1799. George Washington, the American hero and statesman, the man on whom, in times of danger, every eye was turned and all hopes were placed, expired without a struggle, at Mount Vernon, in the 68th year of his age.
1803. The British under Maj. Gen. Wellesley, since lord Wellington, carried by storm the almost impregnable fortress of Gawilghar, in the East Indies.
1807. An extraordinary large and brilliant meteor was seen in Connecticut, exploding at three different times, each explosion accompanied with a fall of meteoric stones, one of which was probably 200 pounds weight.
1814. British flotilla of 45 boats with 1,200 men and 43 cannon captured several American gun boats on lake Borgne near New Orleans, manned by 23 guns and 182 men, after an action of about three hours.
1815. The prince regent of Portugal at Rio de Janeiro, proclaimed the Brazils to be a separate kingdom.
1816. Charles Stanhope, an English statesman, died. He is better known by his numerous mechanical inventions, and as a man of science.
1818. Edward Law, lord Ellenborough, an eminent English lawyer, died.
1826. Conrad Malte-Brun, a Danish poet, political and philosophical writer, and geographer, died at Paris. He was forced to leave his own country for the tendency of his writings to liberty.
1829. Commencement of a civil war in Chili, by an action between the armies of Luctra and Pietro, in which the latter were defeated.
1843. Charles Goldsborough, author of the naval history of the United States, died at Washington, D. C., where he was engaged in the navy department.