1813. American privateer Yankee, 16 guns, captured British brig Thames, 14 guns; cargo sold for $180,000.
1814. Treaty of Paris, between Louis XVIII, and the allied sovereigns. The latter left Paris the same day, on a visit to England.
1826. John Beatty, a general officer in the war of the American revolution, died.
1832. James Mackintosh, an English statesman, died; known by his History of England. He was employed principally in the affairs of India, during which he found time for literary pursuits.
1833. John Malcolm, a general in the India service, died. He distinguished himself as a soldier, statesman and scholar. He contributed much information respecting the history and present condition of Persia.
1837. Christopher Browne, a soldier of the revolution, died at Philadelphia, aged 107.
1844. The Irish agitator Daniel O'Connel, sentenced to fine and imprisonment.
1848. Battle of Goito, Italy; the Austrians defeated by the king of Sardinia.
1848. Ratifications of the treaty between the United States and Mexico exchanged with the latter government at Quaretaro.
1848. General Herrera elected president of Mexico by 11 states against 5.