1821. Francis Hargrave, an eminent English law writer, died. His State Trials comprise 11 vols. folio. His library was purchased by parliament at about $40,000.
1823. Marco Bozzaris, the Leonidas of modern Greece, killed. He was a native of Souli, in the mountains of Epirus, and on the breaking out of the revolution headed a battalion of Suliotes. The pasha of Schodra advancing with a numerous force of Albanians to attack Missolunghi, Bozzaris with a handful of devoted followers attacked the camp by night, and fell.
1831. Insurrection of the negroes in Virginia, and massacre of the white population.
1835. John McCulloch, distinguished for his geological writings and other works of merit, died in consequence of being thrown from his carriage.
1846. The water in lake Ontario had fallen since the first of December, 1845, 28 inches, and was lower than ever known before. Gulf island, which had been
submerged seven years before, again appeared above water, and many rocks and sandbars never before known made their appearance.
1848. A hurricane devastated the islands of Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, and St. Thomas.
1849. A national convention of inventors met at Baltimore; Horace H. Day, of New York, president.
1850. Daniel P. Parker, a Boston merchant, died, aged 60. He gave close attention to the construction of merchant vessels, and had in his service many ships of superior model and sailing qualities.
1851. A prisoner under sentence of death at Sacramento, California, was reprieved by the governor; but was hung, notwithstanding, by some of the disaffected citizens.