1793. An armed force beset the palace of the Tuilleries, and demanded the arrest of the Brissotine party.
1796. Bonaparte dissolved the great council and took possession of Venice.
1830. Frederick A. Wilson, inventor of gaslight, died at Paris.
1832. Maximilian Lamarque, died at Paris; a distinguished French officer, and defender of liberal principles.
1833. John Malcolm, a distinguished philanthropist and faithful servant of the English East India Company, died. A tasteful obelisk 100 feet high is raised to his memory in his native Eskdale, Scotland.
1835. William Smith, an English statesman, died. He was 46 years a member of the British parliament.
1839. Great Western steamship arrived in New York from Bristol, in 13 days 8 hours, the shortest voyage from Europe to America theretofore made.
1847. Thomas Chalmers, the eminent Scottish divine, whose powers of oratory were the admiration of the world, died at Edinburgh, aged 67.
1853. Thomas M. Petit, director of the United States mint, died at Philadelphia.
1853. The second American arctic expedition left New York in search of Sir John Franklin, and for scientific purposes.