1829. A large body of Turkish cavalry and infantry defeated near Kuganoff, and 600 killed.
1843. Henry R. Cleveland, aged 34, died at St. Louis, Mo. He was an elegant and graceful writer, and the author of the well written life of Henry Hudson, in Sparks' Biography.
1843. Samuel Kidd, professor of oriental and Chinese literature in University college, London, died, aged 42.
1846. More than 6000 persons driven from their houses by a disastrous fire in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
1848. George Pozer, a wealthy merchant of Quebec, died, aged 95.
1848. Insurrection at Prague; the princess of Windichgratz shot by the insurgents.
JUNE 13.
1483. Anthony Widville, earl Rivers, beheaded at Pontefract.
1502. Oliver Maillard, a French divine of the order of Cordeliers, died. He was an eminent preacher, and published several volumes of Latin sermons.
1584. John Sambucus, a learned German physician, died. His learning attracted the attention of the emperor Maximilian II, and he was appointed counselor of state and historiographer of the German empire. He wrote several learned and useful works.