1740. Charles Drew, executed at St. Edmundsburg, in Suffolk, for the murder of his father.
1740. The English parliament prorogued. It was at this parliament that the famous acts against horse racing and deceitful gaming were passed.
1743. Charles Irenæus Castel de Saint-Pierre, a French ecclesiastic, died; distinguished as a politician, a man of letters, and an author.
1746. Curtis Barnet, a British commodore, died.
1758. Action off fort St. Davids, East Indies, between the British under admiral Pococke, and the French fleet under count d'Ache. British loss, 29 killed, 89 wounded; French loss, 600 killed and wounded, and one of their vessels sunk.
1762. The book of Cornelius Nepos in Latin was issued from the Russian press, being the first in that language ever printed in Russia.
1779. John Ash, an English dissenting minister, died. His Complete English Dictionary, until the appearance of Mr. Todd's octavo edition of Johnson's, was the best compendium of words that could be referred to.
1783. Bernard de Tanucci died; professor of jurisprudence in the university of Pisa, and prime minister of Naples, an office which he sustained with dignity, ability and integrity, for 50 years, when he resigned.
1788. Election of representatives from New York to consider the federal constitution held.
1793. A French privateer with her prize, the Spanish ship San Jago, was captured by the English. Cargo valued at £1,500,000.