1838. George Domberger, a soldier under prince Eugene, died, aged 130. He married for the first time when in his 100th year. He was a special pensioner of the emperor of Austria.
1843. Samuel Hahnemann, founder of the homeopathic system of medical practice, died at Paris, aged 88.
1849. David B. Ogden, an eminent New York attorney, died. For more than half a century he was associated with the councils of the state and city of New York.
1849. Frost was seen at Pittsfield and vicinity, although the thermometer had been at 90° the day before.
1852. Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian revolutionist, left New York in the steamship Africa, for Liverpool, under the assumed name of Alexander Smith.
1854. Nathaniel Bowditch Blunt, an eminent New York attorney, died at Lebanon Springs.
1854. A day of humiliation and prayer observed at Bombay, and all over India, by the natives as well as the Europeans, for the success of the British arms.
1856. A formidable insurrection which had broken out at Madrid in Spain two days before, was suppressed after a sanguinary contest of 30 hours.
1857. Pierre Jean de Beranger, a French lyric poet, died, aged 77. His
songs are at once a storehouse of gayety and satire, and a record of the history of his time.