1833. Abraham Bogard died in the poor-house, Maury county, Tennessee, aged 118; a native of the state of Delaware.
1846. Nearly 50 persons killed by the burning of the theatre at Quebec.
1848. A revolt at Hayti, and a tumult at Berlin.
1851. Thomas Moule died in London, aged 67; a well known writer to the extent of many volumes on topographic and heraldic antiquities.
1854. A great fire occurred at Worcester, Mass., destroying property valued at half a million of dollars, and throwing a thousand mechanics out of work.
1856. Mr. Marcy, secretary of state, formally notified the Danish minister that the United States would not make forcible resistance to the collection of the Sound dues for a year from this day.
JUNE 15.
1381. Wat Tyler treacherously killed at Blackheath, where he had assembled the malcontents in great numbers, and the insurrection was suppressed.
1467. Philip (the good), duke of Burgundy, died. His life was spent in war; and the title which he acquired seems to have been forfeited by his last act, the burning of the town of Dinan, which he was carried on his bed to witness, at the age of 72.
1520. Martin Luther excommunicated by Leo X.