1823. John Phillips, an eminent lawyer in Boston, died, aged 53.
1829. Humphrey Davy, the noted English chemist, died. He made several important discoveries in the science, and invented the miner's safety lamp.
1832. George Burder, an English divine, died, aged 80; author of the Village Sermons, now so popular.
1837. John Afzelius, an eminent Swedish chemist, died at Upsal, aged 84.
1839. David Kirkpatrick, an officer of the revolution, died. He entered the army at the commencement of the war, was in the battles of Monmouth, Germantown, Brandywine, Trenton, Cowpens, &c., and was the last surviving officer of the Delaware line.
1840. William Legget, a well known political writer, died at Rochelle, near New York, when preparing for a diplomatic mission to Guatemala.
1848. Thomas Dick Lander, a distinguished Scottish literary writer, died.
1849. Sarah J. Howe, an American poetess and literary writer, died at Louisville.
1855. Jesse Chickering, an American statistician, died at Roxbury, Mass., aged 57. He studied theology, and afterwards medicine, but after a practice of ten years devoted himself to literature, and produced works on population and immigration.
1856. The president transmitted to congress the announcement that he had ceased to hold diplomatic intercourse with the British minister, Mr. Crampton, on account of his attempting to make enlistments for the British service among the citizens of the United States.