1831. Died at Geneva, Rodolphe Kreutzer, a distinguished violinist and musical composer.
1836. Abraham van Vechten died at Albany, aged 75. He was a highly respected man, an eminent lawyer, and one of the fathers of the New York bar.
1839. A tremendous gale or hurricane in the west of England, which did great damage at Liverpool.
1840. Madame D'Arblay, the well known novelist, Miss Burney, died at Bath. Lord Chancellor Thurlow said her Cecilia was worth all the books in his library.
1841. Great freshet in the Hudson river and tributaries.
1849. George Sinnet, a native of Germany, the last survivor of Gen. Wolfe's army, died at Brighton, Nova Scotia, aged 120.
1854. Russians defeated at Citale, near Kalafat, with a loss of 2500 men.
JANUARY 7.
1328. Edward II of England deposed by parliament, and his son, Edward III, proclaimed king.
1558. Calais, in France, retaken by the French after a short siege of one week, having been in the possession of the English 200 years, during which it had become a thriving place, and the seat of a considerable trade in wool.