1616. GALILEO appeared before Cardinal Bellarmine to renounce his heretical opinions; and having declared that he abandoned the doctrine of the earth's motion, and would neither defend nor teach it, in his conversation or his writings, he was dismissed from the bar of the inquisition. 1638. CLAUDE MEZIRIAC, a Jesuit, died; known as a poet in several languages. 1686. GODFREY, count d'Estrades, died. 1696. CHARLES SCARBOROUGH, an eminent English physician and mathematician, died. He succeeded Dr. Harvey as lecturer on anatomy and surgery. 1723. THOMAS D'URFEY, an English poet, died. He was a man of sparkling talents, but his poetic and dramatic pieces are now forgotten. His _Pills to Purge Melancholy_ is yet upon the shelves of many English libraries. 1726. EMANUEL MAXIMILIAN, elector of Bavaria, died. He distinguished himself under the emperor Leopold, was placed at the head of the Hungarian army, and made governor of the Low Countries by the king of Spain. 1729. The British parliament resolved that it was an indignity and a breach of privilege for any one to publish the debates or report the proceedings of the house. 1767. HYDER ALLY and the nizam of Deccan defeated by the British at Errour, near Trincomalee, in Ceylon. 1769. WILLIAM DUNCOMBE, an English dramatic author, died. He translated Horace. 1770. JOSEPH TARTINI died at Padua; an Italian musician, distinguished for his extraordinary performances on the violin. 1774. JOHN TICE died at Hagley, England, aged 125. 1775. Gen. GAGE despatched 140 soldiers under Col. Leslie to seize the military stores collected at Salem. The people foiled the expedition by drawing up a bridge and causing other delays till it was too late to effect any thing, and they returned bootless. 1789. The Cayugas sold their lands to the state of New York. 1802. ALEXANDER GEDDES died at Paddington, England. He was a catholic and is represented as a man of profound research in biblical literature, and employed himself many years in a new translation of the Bible, which he did not live to finish. 1807. Battle of Braunsberg in Prussian Poland, in which a division of 10,000 Russians were overthrown by the French, who took 2,000 prisoners and 16 cannon. 1810. JOHN DALRYMPLE, a Scottish author, died, aged 84. He was for many years baron of the exchequer in Scotland. 1813. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON, an American statesman, died. He was one of the committee which drew up the Declaration of Independence. He was afterwards chancellor of the state of New York, and minister to France. He assisted Fulton with means to carry his experiments into effect, which gave to this country the honor of the first successful steam boat. 1815. BONAPARTE escaped from the island of Elba, accompanied by 1000 of his old guards, who had followed him into exile. 1823. JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE died; one of the most eminent tragedians of the British stage since the days of Garrick. He possessed talent and learning, and was an author.