1826. Richard Dale, an American naval officer, died. He was born in Virginia, 1756, and at the age of 12 went to sea. During the war of the revolution he was captured, and imprisoned, but found means to escape, and joined the celebrated Paul Jones. Under Jones he distinguished himself in the sanguinary and desperate engagement between the Bon Homme Richard and the British frigate Serapis, and was the first who reached the deck of the latter when she was boarded and taken. In 1802 he settled in Philadelphia, where he passed the remainder of his days.
1828. Jacob Brown, who acted so prominent a part in the war of 1812 between England and the United States, and for some time commander-in-chief of the United States army, died at Washington.
1838. Carl Heinrich Ludwig Politz, died at Leipsic. He was professor in the university, and an eminent writer on statistics, history and politics.
1843. John Owens, a soldier of the old French war and also of the American revolution, died, aged 107.
1848. Revolution at Paris.
1852. David Kennison, the last of the Boston tea party, died at Chicago, aged 117.
1854. Robert Armstrong died, aged 64; proprietor of the Washington Union newspaper.
1854. At Niagara falls two men fell from the suspension bridge, a distance of 240 feet and were dashed to pieces.
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52 B. C. Pompey elected sole consul of Rome.