1841. David Wilkie, an excellent Scottish painter, died at Gibraltar, on his return from Egypt, aged 56. He was the author of many celebrated works in his profession.
1843. Dr. James Hagan, a native of Ireland, but for several years a citizen of the United States, fell in a street fight in Vicksburgh, Miss., provoked by the violence of his language as an editor.
1846. Pope Gregory XVI died. His pontificate was 15 years.
1846. A convention of delegates to revise the constitution of New York met at Albany.
1847. The steamer Washington, first of the Collins or American line, sailed from New York.
1848. Defeat of the Danes by the Germans.
1852. A submarine telegraph wire coated with gutta percha, was laid across the channel, from Holyhead, a distance of 80 miles, by which telegraphic communication was completed from London to Dublin.
1854. Four British steamers attacked and destroyed the ships, dockyards and stores at Uleaborg.
1854. Emily Chubbuck, widow of Adoniram Judson, died at Hamilton, N. Y.; better known as Fanny Forrester, an accomplished woman, and a writer of considerable celebrity.
1855. The republic of Nicaragua issued a manifesto, proclaiming "martial law and prohibiting the adventurers Kinney and Fabens," on pain of death from entering the republic for any cause.