1585. Peter de Ronsard died; a French elegiac and epigrammatic poet of a noble family.
1603. Thomas Cartwright, an English puritan of great eminence and learning, died. He was a sharp and powerful controversialist, author of a practical commentary on the gospels and proverbs. He was obliged to quit the kingdom to avoid persecution, and died in great poverty.
1605. John Davis, a famous English navigator, killed in a desperate fight with some Japanese near the coast of Malacca.
1669. Samuel Clarke died; a celebrated English oriental scholar.
1689. Peter Halle, an eminent French civilian and poet, died. He was offered the headship of five colleges, and accepted the professorship of canon law in the university of Paris, where he raised the character of that much neglected science.
1763. Lawrence Nattier died; a Swabian, who published a work on antient gems.
1763. The Paxton boys broke into Lancaster jail and massacred fourteen friendly Indians.
1771. Henry Pitot died; a celebrated French mathematician, and friend of the great Reaumur.
1779. The Spanish armament opened their batteries upon Gibraltar. It is supposed the general had no orders to fire