1852. Marmont, duke of Ragusa, died at Venice, aged 78. He was the last of Napoleon's marshals.
1855. Nicholas I, emperor of Russia, died, aged 59. He came to the throne in 1826, and his reign was devoted to strengthening the power and extending the domain of Russia.
1856. An earthquake in the island of Great Sangor, one of the Moluccas, by which 2,806 lives were lost.
MARCH 3.
1589. John Sturmius, a learned German grammarian and rhetorician, died. He was called the Cicero of Germany.
1633. George Herbert, an English divine and poet, died. Lord Bacon had so high an opinion of his judgment that he would not suffer his works to be published until they had been submitted to Herbert's examination.
1634. First colony arrived at Potomac for the settlement of Maryland, under Lord Baltimore. It consisted of 200 Catholics from England. The soil was purchased of the natives, and the foundation of the province was laid on the broad basis of security to property and of freedom in religion.
1703. Robert Hooke, an English mathematician and philosopher, died. He is noted for many useful inventions and improvements in mechanics; and his writings are numerous and valuable.
1722. Campegio Vitringa died; a learned author of Friesland, in the Netherlands.
1728. Camillo d'Hostun, count de Tallart, died. He was a brave general of the French, taken prisoner by the duke of Marlborough.