1830. Earthquake in Central America; several towns destroyed.
1831. National congress of Belgium dissolved.
1832. Muzio Clementino, the father of pianoforte music, died in England. He was born at Rome, 1752, and practiced in his profession as a musician with great applause in the principal cities of Europe.
1840. William Pitts, an eminent sculptor, died at London, aged 50.
1847. John Burnham, aged 93, and his wife, Mehitable, aged 90, died in Essex, Mass., and were buried in one grave. Two days previous Benjamin Burnham, aged 92, died at the same place. They were the three oldest inhabitants of that town.
1854. The city of San Salvador was wholly destroyed by an earthquake, causing the loss, in less than one minute, of
more than 200 lives, and four millions worth of property.
1854. The ship Powhatan, from Havre for New York, having on board 311 emigrants, went ashore in a gale on Long Beach, near Egg Harbor, was totally wrecked, and not a single passenger was saved.
1856. Thacher Magoun, a noted American ship builder, died, aged 81. He laid the first keel of a ship at Midford, Mass., in 1802, and during half a century built a fleet.