1739. Kouli Khan, after pillaging the capital of Hindostan, and slaughtering 150,000 of its inhabitants, departed from the city, leaving his son Mohammed Schah on the throne.
1743. Andrew Michael Ramsay, a Scottish historian and philosopher, died. He spent much of his time in France, with Fenelon and Turenne, where he died.
1763. John Wilkes released from the tower by the memorable sentence of chief justice Pratt. (See [April 30]).
1766. Samuel Squire, bishop of St. David's died; a poetical, historical and antiquarian writer of note.
1766. Lord Howe and Gen. Howe appointed commissioners for restoring peace to the British colonies.
1766. Thomas Arthur Lally, an Irish officer in the service of France, executed. He fought against the British in the East Indies with great bravery, but had become so unpopular, that on being defeated he was imprisoned and condemned for treason.
1780. Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan's island, surrendered to the British, who bombarded Charleston at the same time.
1782. Stephen Mignol de Montigni died at Paris; eminent as a mechanic and a man of science, who introduced several useful manufactures into France.
1790. John James Gesner died; professor in the university at Zurich, and a noted Swiss author.
1796. Adolphus F. F. L. Knigge, a German author, died. His works were various, and his novels once popular. He