1852. Gold medal presented to Henry Clay at Washington by New York friends.
1854. Gen. Herrera, ex-president of the republic of Mexico, died. He was one of the veterans of the war of independence, and as a statesman, had given proofs of the loftiest patriotism and disinterestedness.
1856. President Rivas decreed the annexation of the whole Mosquito territory to Nicaragua.
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641. Heraclius, emperor of the East, died. He was the son of a governor of Africa, conspired against Phocas, whom he beheaded, and ascended the throne of Constantinople.
1225. Henry III subscribed the great charter of English liberties, which was witnessed by 13 bishops, 20 abbots, and 32 earls and barons.
1451. Amurath II, emperor of the Ottomans, died. He was the first Turk who used cannon in battle.
1502. Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII, died in childbirth, in the tower of London, on her birth day, aged 36. She married Henry in 1486, by which the antagonist houses of York and Lancaster were united.
1503. James Tyrell supposed to be one of the murderers of Edward V, executed as a traitor. He is said to have confessed his agency in the death of both the young princes.
1543. An alliance was formed between Henry VIII of England, and the emperor Charles V.