1813. Cannonade between forts George and Niagara, and bombardment from all the batteries.
1814. Joseph Ignace Guillotin, a French physician, who revived the use of the instrument known as the maiden, died at Paris, aged 76.
1824. Capel Lofft, an English poet and miscellaneous writer, died in Italy. He was the patron of Bloomfield.
1831. Battle of Ostrolenka, between 55,000 Russians and 20,000 Poles, in which the latter were defeated.
1836. William Young Ottley, keeper of the prints in the British museum, died. He was for half a century actively devoted to his favorite pursuit of the fine arts, and is honorably known as an artist, a collector, and an author.
1838. William Butler died at Philadelphia, aged 108.
1840. William Sidney Smith, admiral of the red, died at Paris, aged 76. He was one of the most celebrated naval officers of the last age, and distinguished himself on various occasions by his talents and courage.
1844. Jacques Lafitte, the French banker, died.
1848. By a fire which occurred in the omnibus establishment of Kip & Brown, New York, 130 horses were burnt.
1852. Samuel Nott, for a long time regarded as the patriarch of the clergy of New England, died in Franklin, Conn., aged 98. He graduated at Yale college in 1780, and two years after settled at Franklin, where he spent the remainder of his protracted life. He was also engaged in the business of instruction, and was a maker of public men. He was injured by a burn, and died of the effects of the accident.