1789. Paul Egede died, aged 81; author of an Account of Greenland, and a zealous missionary there.
1790. Action between the Swedish and Russian fleets, in which the former were defeated with great loss.
1802. Madame Mara, the celebrated vocalist, took leave of the English stage.
1805. Peace concluded between the United States and Tripoli; the American prisoners to be liberated.
1808. Philip Schuyler, an officer of the revolution, died at Albany, aged 73. He possessed a mind of great vigor and enterprise, and was characterized by integrity and amiableness.
1826. Nicholai Mikhaelovitch Karamsin died. He was one of the most eminent Russian writers that country has yet produced.
1832. Jean Pierre Abel Remusat died; a distinguished French orientalist, and professor of the Chinese and Tartar languages in the college of France.
1836. Barry Edward O'Meara died; formerly surgeon to Napoleon, and author of Napoleon in Exile, and other works.
1840. The steam packet Unicorn, the first steam vessel from England to Boston, arrived in the latter port in 18 days from Liverpool.
1844. Alexander J. Dallas, an American commodore, died on board his frigate in Callao bay, having been in the naval service 39 years.