1816. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, an English dramatist, wit and orator, died. His dramas were undertaken for a subsistence; afterwards, for thirty-two years, he pursued a splendid parliamentary career, but died in great poverty.
1820. Pierre Louis Louvel executed for the murder of the duke de Berri.
1843. John Holmes died at Portland, Me. He was the first United States senator sent from that state.
1844. The disgraceful riots of Philadelphia again commenced; many were killed.
1848. Julia Rush, widow of Dr. Rush, died, aged 90.
1848. Oliver W. P. Peabody died; an accomplished scholar, and able contributor to the North American Review.
1849. During the week closing with this day, 21,297 immigrants arrived at the port of Quebec, Lower Canada.
1853. A plot to assassinate the emperor of France while on his way to the opera, was discovered. Many armed conspirators were seized near the theatre, of whom 21 were convicted on trial.
1854. Battle of Giurgevo; the Turks defeated the Russians, and drove them from their position, with a loss in the conflict of 1,700 killed and wounded.
1855. William Edward Parry, the noted Arctic explorer, died at Ems, aged 64. He succeeded in extending his expeditions beyond those of his predecessors, for which he received the parliamentary reward, and was knighted in 1829.