1719. George Smalridge, bishop of Bristol, died; an elegant theological writer.
1729. Great fire in Constantinople, which consumed 12,000 houses. 7000 persons are said to have perished in the flames.
1730. Lawrence Eusden, an English divine and poet, died. He was preferred to the laureateship.
1731. A gang of felons, 130 in number, were taken from Newgate, and put aboard a ship to be transported to America, to colonize the country. In the next century they sent their felons to Botany Bay, and their paupers to America, several shiploads having been discharged on the coast, entirely destitute, directly from poor-houses.
1736. Rene Duguay Trouin died; a celebrated French admiral, who displayed the greatest skill, united with the most consummate wisdom.
1741. Dominic Perennin died at Pekin; a French Jesuit, who was sent on a mission to China, where he was well received by the emperor.
1743. The first act of governor Clinton was to dissolve the legislature, and issue writs the same day for convening another.
1749. John Sargent, a noted missionary among the Indians, died at Stockbridge.
1751. A mosaic pavement and other relics of Roman antiquity discovered at Avenches, in the canton of Bern.
1759. Isaac Maddox, bishop of Worcester, died. He rose to preferment from a very low station in life, and was conspicuous for the many benevolent institutions which he promoted.