1791. Catharine Macauley (Graham), an English historian, died. She wrote several histories, essays and political works, which are now nearly obliviated.
1793. New declaration of the rights of man by the French convention.
1793. Cape François burnt by the negroes and mulattoes, after an indiscriminate massacre of the whites, which had been in progress since the 7th, by which several thousands perished. (See [20th].)
1795. Action between the British and French fleets off L'Orient, in which the latter were defeated, with the loss of several large ships.
1824. Stephen Aignan, a French poet and dramatic writer, died. He filled several offices under Napoleon.
1824. Wilson Lowry, an English artist, died. He made many improvements in the art of engraving.
1836. James Mill, a Scottish divine, died; celebrated for his literary and philosophical works, author of a History of British India, &c.
1839. Hester Stanhope, a learned English lady, died at D'Joun, in Syria. She had resided in Syria nearly thirty years, and was celebrated for her eccentricity and singular mode of life. She was a niece of William Pitt, and abandoned civilized society to reside among Arabs, over whom she acquired great command.
1854. A terrible hurricane occurred at Manteno, Illinois, extending from six to eight miles in width, prostrated many houses, and caused much other damage.
1854. Daniel Wells, chief justice of the court of common pleas of Massachusetts, died at Cambridge, aged 63. He was born in Greenfield, Mass., and in 1837 was appointed district attorney for the western district, the duties of which office he discharged with marked ability, propriety and success until appointed chief justice.