1823. Louis Nicholas Davoust, duke of Auerstadt and prince of Eckmuhl, died; one of Napoleon's bravest generals.
1829. Steam frigate Fulton blown up, and 26 persons killed.
1835. Owen Pughe died in Wales; author of a Welsh and English Dictionary, and styled the Johnson of Wales.
1837. Abiel Holmes, a learned American clergyman, died, aged 74; known principally by his American Annals, one of the most valuable historical publications that has been written in this country.
1843. Andrew Bell died at Perth Amboy, N. J., for many years surveyor for the proprietors of that state.
1844. Jesse Smith died at Salem, Mass., aged 88. He fought at Bunkers hill, and also at almost every other scene of conflict during the war of the American revolution.
1848. Matthew Gregory died at Albany, aged 91; a revolutionary soldier, who was at the capture of Cornwallis; the noted keeper of the Tontine in the early part of the century.
1854. A riot occurred at Brooklyn, N. Y., between the advocates of street preaching and the catholics, when many persons were killed and wounded, and quiet was only restored by the aid of the military.
1856. Alexander Crichton, an English physician, died near London, aged 93. He was for many years physician in ordinary to the emperor Alexander I, of