1853. Samuel Putnam, a Massachusetts judge and senator, died at Somerville, aged 85.
1853. The American expedition under commodore Perry, left Loo Choo for Japan.
1854. Princess de la Moskwa, widow of marshal Ney, died in Paris.
1854. Thomas Ritchie died, aged 75; celebrated as the editor of the Richmond Inquirer and the Washington Union. He wielded great political influence in Virginia, his native state.
1855. The Cunard steamer Persia was launched at Glasgow.
JULY 4.
1097. Battle of Dorylæum, in Phrygia, and rout of the Moslems under Soliman.
1450. Lord Say and Sele beheaded by order of Jack Cade, at Cheapside, London.
1533. John Fryth, an English preacher, burnt at Smithfield for the heresy of Lutheranism.
1563. Leeds bridge school was founded in the time of Henry VIII.