1839. Andrew Halliday died; a Scottish medical and historical writer of merit.
1847. Letters from St. Petersburgh of the 7th Sept. state, that that city has been visited with the most terrific storm of wind and rain ever experienced within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. It rained incessantly for forty-eight hours, whilst the wind blew with intense violence. The result of this visitation was the destruction of above 400 houses. At one period fears were entertained for the safety of the entire city, and some timid and superstitious persons apprehended the end of the world was at hand.
1850. The bill admitting California as a state and Utah as a territory of the United States, passed the house of representatives.
1851. Levi Woodbury, an American statesman, died at Portsmouth, N. H., aged 64.
1855. The first Hebrew temple in the Mississippi valley was consecrated at St. Louis.
1855. Leonard Maelzel, the inventor of several musical and automatic instruments, and who exhibited the famous chess player in this country, died at Vienna, aged 79.
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70. Jerusalem taken by Titus after a most obstinate resistance on the part of the inhabitants. More than 1,000,000 are said to have perished.
1636. Harvard college founded at Cambridge, Mass.
1644. Francis Quarles, a celebrated English poet, died.