1817. Riot and rebellion of the students of Princeton college.
1819. Charles IV, king of Spain, died. He was born at Naples 1740, and came to the throne of Spain 1788. Too imbecile to govern, he was always ruled by his wife and ministers. He was dethroned by Napoleon 1808, and died a pensioner at Naples of a relapse of the gout.
1836. John Butler, "the celebrated huntsman," died, in Wake county, N. C. He was supposed to be at least 110 years of age, and left a wife surviving equally as old.
1840. The United States exploring expedition under Lieut. Wilkes reported the discovery of a new antarctic continent on this day. A subsequent British expedition sailed over its site without being able to discern any vestige of it. It is supposed to have been a series of icebergs.
1843. Thos. W. White, editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, died at Richmond.
1847. Peter R. Livingston, a prominent man in the counsels and politics of the state of New York, died at Rhinebeck.
1848. Isaac D'Israeli, author of the Curiosities of Literature, died aged 82.
1853. C. B. Adams, an eminent American naturalist, and professor in Amherst college, died.
1854. George McFeely, died at Carlisle, Pa., aged 73. He distinguished himself on the Niagara frontier in 1813.