1826. Jedediah Morse died, aged 65; author of the geography so well known.
1829. Battle of Oriva, in Turkey; the Russians, under general Geismar, assaulted and took the town.
1834. William Carey, the devoted and pious missionary, died.
1836. Battle of Micanopy; about 200 Indians defeated by a detachment of United States troops under Heilman.
1839. War declared by the sultan of Turkey against Mehemet Ali of Egypt, and his son Ibrahim, deposing them from the government of Egypt and Syria.
1846. The water in lake Ontario had fallen 14 inches since the 24th March. (See [Aug. 21].)
1849. Charles Albert, ex-king of Sardinia, died on his arrival at Portugal, soon after his abdication.
1850. John Melcher, the oldest printer in N. H., died at Portsmouth, aged 90.
1853. Father Gavazzi, an emissary of the pope to America, caused a riot by his preaching at Montreal. A mob attacked him in the pulpit; the military fired upon the people, and 10 persons were killed and 16 wounded.
1854. The emperor and empress of France attended the first agricultural exhibition ever held in Paris.