1812. Peter Gansevoort, a distinguished American officer, died at Albany, aged 63.
1816. Benjamin Thompson died; formerly a timber merchant, translator of the German Theatre, and author of several other productions. His death was caused by extreme sensitiveness at the manner in which his play of Oberon's Oath was received. It was hissed on the first representation, at which he was extremely dejected; at its second representation it was received with universal applause, which elated him so much that he died of the excitement.
1830. Battle near Milliduse between the Turks and Russians. The Turks were defeated with considerable loss, and their general, Hadki pasha, taken prisoner.
1840. The port of Canton, in China, blockaded by the British under commodore Bremer.
1849. The city of Rome surrendered to the French.
1851. Caroline Amelia Halsted, an English authoress, died. Of three or four works which she published the principal one is a Life of Richard III, in 2 volumes, octavo.
1851. William Berry, an English author, died at Bristol, aged 77; author of various works on genealogy and heraldry.
1853. The Russian troops under prince Gortschakoff crossed the Pruth and invaded Turkey.
1853. A controversy having arisen between the consuls of Austria and America at Smyrna about Martin Koszta, an Austrian refugee, captain Ingraham of the American sloop of war St. Louis, hearing of a design to convey him to Trieste, demanded the surrender of Koszta before 4 o'clock,
and brought his guns to bear on the Austrian brig. An engagement was prevented by the compromise that Koszta be delivered to the French consul at Smyrna for safe keeping.