1843. JOHN OWENS, a soldier of the old French war and also of the American revolution, died, aged 107. 1848. Revolution at Paris. 1852. DAVID KENNISON, the last of the Boston tea party, died at Chicago, aged 117. 1854. ROBERT ARMSTRONG died, aged 64; proprietor of the _Washington Union_ newspaper. 1854. At Niagara falls two men fell from the suspension bridge, a distance of 240 feet and were dashed to pieces. FEBRUARY 25. 52 B. C. POMPEY elected sole consul of Rome. 1030. ADALBERO, a French ecclesiastic, died. He has left a character suited to bold and unscrupulous intrigue. 1464. The Lancasterians defeated by the Yorkists at Heagley Moor, the _white rose_ triumphing over the _red_. 1523. WILLIAM LILY, an English grammarian, died at London of the plague. He is highly praised by Erasmus, who revised the syntax of his grammar, for his uncommon erudition in the languages, and admirable skill in the instruction of youth. 1601. ROBERT DEVEREUX, earl of Essex, executed. He obtained the favor of the queen, Elizabeth, and distinguished himself on many occasions. But having committed some indiscretions which required reprimanding, his pride was wounded, which led him to open rebellion. His fate has formed the subject of four tragedies. 1634. ALBERT, count Wallenstein, generalissimo of the Austrian army during the thirty years war, assassinated. 1643. A barbarous massacre in the night of the Indians who were encamped at Pavonia, opposite the Dutch fort of New Amsterdam, instigated by Gov. Kieft. About 80 Indians lost their lives, and many enormities were enacted by the Dutch. 1676. The Indiana assaulted the town of Weymouth, Mass., and burned several houses and barns. This was a disastrous year with the colonists. The Indians had risen in their utmost power, with the determination of utterly extirpating the English, and almost every day witnessed the smoke of town or cluster of dwellings on fire. 1703. DANIEL DE FOE prosecuted as the author of a book entitled, _The shortest way with the dissenters_, and his book burned by the hangman. 1712. NICHOLAS CATINAT, an illustrious French general under Louis XIV, died. 1713. FREDERICK I, of Prussia, died. He was elector of Brandenburg, and ambitious of raising his duchy into a kingdom. To accomplish this object, he joined Leopold, emperor of Germany, in a war against several states. 1723. CHRISTOPHER WREN, the English architect, died, aged 91. He built St. Paul's and fifty other churches and monuments, which had been destroyed by the great fire of 1666. 1724. POPE INNOCENT XIII died. 1754. RICHARD MEAD, an eminent English physician and patron of learning, died, aged 81. His library sold for about $75,000. His income from his profession was about $25,000 a year. 1761. JOSEPH FRANCIS DESMAHIS, a French author of great celebrity, died. 1768. Mangalore, a seaport belonging to Hyder Ally, taken by the British.