1837. Philip Sing Physic, a Philadelphia physician and surgeon of great eminence, died, aged 70. He was long a celebrated professor of anatomy and surgery in the university of Pennsylvania.
1840. The remains of Bonaparte were removed from Cherbourg, where they were disembarked, to the Church of the invalides at Paris. The procession was splendid beyond all precedent, the number assembled being computed at 500,000. The king and royal family were present at the ceremony, and 60,000 national guards were in attendance.
1842. John R. Watrous, an eminent physician and revolutionary surgeon, died at Colchester, Conn., aged 91.
1842. Benjamin Parkhurst died at Royalton, Vt., aged 97. He was the first settler of that town, living in it over 78 years, and of a family famed for longevity. His parents died at the age of 97. His grandfather reached 100, and his grandmother 104 years.
1848. The postal convention between Great Britain and the United States signed at London by lord Palmerston and Mr. Bancroft.
1854. Kamehameha III, king of the Sandwich islands, died, aged 41, and was succeeded by prince Alexander Liholiho, aged 20, under the title of Kamehameha IV.
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714. Pepin (the Fat), mayor of Paris, died; a man of wisdom and vigor.
1215. A special excommunication of the English barons fulminated at Rome, and towered London laid under an interdict.
1515. Alfonzo Albuquerque died, Portuguese viceroy of India, surnamed the Great and the Portuguese Mars.