1822. William Herschel, the English astronomer, died. He discovered the planet Georgium Sidus, which sometimes bears his name.
1830. Insurrection of the Belgians commenced at Brussels. The populace attacked and destroyed several houses belonging to the most obnoxious individuals, and skirmishes followed between the inhabitants and the troops.
1834. Morris Evans died at Raleigh, N. C., aged 105.
1835. Earthquake in Natolia, by which 2,000 houses were destroyed in the city of Kaisarieh.
1836. Christian William Hufeland, an eminent Prussian physician and medical writer, died, aged 75. He was a popular lecturer, distinguished for his profound and extensive learning, and ingenious application of his theory to practice.
1837. The cholera raged at Rome, and was fatal to 300; the greatest number of deaths that occurred in any one day.
1849. The French admiral, de Tromelin, took possession of and dismantled the fortifications at Honolulu, Sandwich islands, the government having refused to comply with the demands of the admiral. He relinquished the possession three days after.
1854. The city of Troy, N. Y., visited by a destructive fire, which consumed more than a hundred houses and manufactories.