1784. Lee Boo, a prince of the Pelew islands, died in England, whither he had been sent to acquire an education.
1791. John Monro died; an English physician, celebrated for his skill in cases of insanity.
1800. Hugh Blair, a celebrated Scottish divine, died. His Lectures on Rhetoric delivered as professor at the Edinburgh university, are eminently distinguished by laborious investigation, sound sense and refined taste; and his printed sermons have had a success almost unparalleled in the annals of pulpit eloquence.
1808. The French under Lannes assaulted Saragossa, in Spain, and the convent of St. Eugratia carried. This was the second siege.
1814. Joanna Southcott, a noted English fanatic and imposter, died. At the age of 42 she claimed the character of a prophet, and for more than twenty years continued her rhapsodies, and drew after her several thousand adherents, who are not yet extinct.
1814. United States schooner Carolina, blown up on the Mississippi river by a red hot ball from the British batteries.
1820. John Keats, an English poet, died in Italy. He was originally a stable boy, subsequently apprenticed to a surgeon, but gave way to the ambition of becoming a poet. His poems though written at a very early age, possess merit.
1834. Charles Lamb, the poet Coleridge's friend, died. In some of his most popular works he was assisted by his sister Mary Lamb.
1835. Ephraim Williams, an eminent lawyer, died at Deerfield, Mass. He prepared the first volume of the Massachusetts reports.
1840. Jenny Kennison died at Brookfield, N. H., aged 110.