1815. Richard Dowell, the famed organist at Dulwich college, died.
1820. Alexander of Russia banished all Jesuits from his dominions, because they
interfered with the government and the peace of families.
1836. Henry Roscoe died, near Liverpool, England. He was distinguished for his legal and various abilities and learning, and was the author of several professional and other works.
1843. Ceremony of opening the Thames tunnel. Its length is 1200 feet, its cost about two and a half millions of dollars, and it was 18 years in building, under Brunel. The number of persons who visited it during the two following days was about 50,000, at a revenue of one penny each is nearly $1000.
1849. George Cooke, an artist of some note in the south, died of Cholera at New Orleans.
1852. Jane West died, aged 93; a very fruitful authoress, in the beginning of the present century, of poems, tales and novels, long since forgotten, though much in vogue for a time.
1855. An unsuccessful attempt at revolution made in San Domingo with the intent to recall ex-president Paez.
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1546. Thomas Elyot, an eminent English scholar, died. He published the first Latin and English Dictionary in that country.