1800. The church at Chelmsford, England, fell; it was first built in 1424.
1804. Charles Nisbet died, aged 67. He was a Scotch clergyman, and the first president of Dickinson college in Pennsylvania.
1806. An iris or lunar rainbow was seen for one hour (9¼ to 10¼) at Wakefield in Yorkshire, England.
1810. Masquerades and masked balls prohibited by the authorities in the city of Philadelphia.
1811. The Mexican patriots under Hidalgo totally defeated near Guadalaxara by the Spaniards under Calleja.
1813. Capture of the United States brig Vixen, 12 guns, Capt. Henley, by the British frigate Narcissus.
1815. The king of Spain issued an edict against freemasonry.
1817. At Philadelphia and Albany the singular phenomena of snow, clear weather, rain, snow, thunder and lightning, hail and snow, was observed in succession.
1836. Two engagements in the mountains of Arlaban, between the forces of the queen of Spain under Gen. Cordova and the Carlists, in which the latter were defeated.
1841. Rezin P. Bowie died at New Orleans, aged 48; "well known in the southwest by his many deeds of valor in its early history, among the Mexicans and savages."