1836. Arkansas admitted into the Union.
1840. Francis Beauguard died at Grey Nun's hospital, Montreal, aged nearly 108.
1841. The town of Praia, in the island of Terceira, completely destroyed by an earthquake. Much damage was also done to other places in the island by a series of earthquakes.
1844. Thomas Campbell, a distinguished British poet, author of the Pleasures of Hope, died at Boulogne, in a state of imbecility, aged 67.
1852. Queen Victoria issued a proclamation against "Roman catholic ecclesiastics wearing the habits of their order, exercising the rites and ceremonies of the Roman catholic religion in highways and places of public resort."
1852. Roger Jones, an American military officer of distinction, died at Washington. He commenced his military career in 1809, and as a lieutenant of marines, and served in the war of 1812. His zeal and activity in the arduous campaigns on the Niagara frontier, and his distinguished gallantry as a major of the staff in the memorable conflicts of Chippewa, Lundy's Lane, and the sortie of fort Erie, won for him universal respect and admiration, and the marked approbation of the government.
1854. James Kendle Browne died in Mark lane, London, aged 82; the father of the corn exchange.
1856. John Dicks Eccles, an eminent North Carolina lawyer and orator, died at Fayetteville, aged 64.
1857. The citizens of Halifax, Nova Scotia, celebrated the 108th anniversary of the settlement of that place.