1630. Isaac Johnson, one of the principal founders of the city of Boston, died. He was the first magistrate who died in the colony, and was buried on his own lot. The first burying place in Boston was laid out around his grave. The spot is now built upon, being bounded by Tremont, Cornhill, Court and School streets.
1632. Thomas Allen died; an Englishman, eminent for his knowledge of mathematics and philosophy.
1659. Juan de Palafox, an illustrious Spanish ecclesiastic, died. He was appointed bishop of Los Angelos in America, where he displayed an admirable character.
1662. A rencontre between the French and Spanish ambassadors, at which many were killed. The contest was precedency.
1682. Colonel Thomas Dongan preferred by the duke of York to the government
of his province of New York in America.
1707. John Reinhold de Palkul, a Livonian gentleman, who resented the oppression his country suffered from the Swedes, was basely broken on the wheel, by order of Charles XII.
1719. Bernard Renau D'Elisagaray, a French mathematician, died. He obtained a pension for his improvements in the construction of ships.
1747. Thomas Hall died, aged 6 years; four feet six inches high, and weighing upwards of seven stone. He died as if of extreme old age.
1761. John Dollond died; an eminent English optician and inventor of the achromatic telescope.