1601. The town of Kinsale, head of the sea, in Ireland, garrisoned by Spaniards and Irish catholics, surrendered to the English armies.
1638. A Spanish ordinance establishing stamped paper in America.
1694. Mary II, queen of England, died of small pox, aged 33. She had reigned six years in conjunction with William III, and was greatly extolled for her virtues.
1697. Mary Beale, an English portrait painter, died. She is styled by Oldys "that masculine poet as well as painter, the incomparable Mrs. Beale."
1706. Peter Bayle, a most laborious and indefatigable French writer, died. He was an author of great ability, principally known by his Critical Dictionary.
1708. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, a famous French botanist and natural historian, died.
1733. Kouli Khan defeated the Turks before Babylon, killing 20,000, with the loss of 10,000.
1737. Victor Marie d'Estrees, a French admiral, died. He was also a man of literature, and member of several learned bodies.
1737. Singular sinking and rising of land at Scarborough, in Yorkshire, England.
1757. Caroline Elizabeth, 3d daughter of Geo. II, of England, died.