1492. LORENZO DE MEDICIS, surnamed _the Great_, and the father of letters, died at Florence. He was a great merchant, and an eminent statesman; whose public services so recommended him to the Florentines that he was declared chief of the republic; and whose wisdom and judgment were so conspicuous, that foreign princes made him the arbiter of their differences. 1546. The council of Trent declared against the Lutheran system, and adopted the Latin or vulgate translation of the Bible by St. Jerome. 1663. The first play bill issued from Drury Lane theatre. The play was advertised to be acted "by his majesty's company of comedians," and was entitled the _Hvmovrovs Lievtenant_, and was to commence at three o'clock precisely. 1679. Bosia, a village near Piedmont, in Italy, suddenly sunk into the earth, by which about 200 persons perished. 1702. THOMAS GALE, an English divine, died. Though engaged the best part of his life in active and laborious employments, he yet found much time to devote to literature and classical learning. His publications are numerous and display great ability. 1704. JOB LUDOLPHUS, a German linguist, died, aged 80. He was one of the most eminent orientalists of his time, and the first European who acquired the Ethiopic language, of which he published a grammar and dictionary, and a history of the country. He was well versed in twenty-five languages. 1704. HENRY SIDNEY, earl of Romney, died. He was brother to the famous Algernon Sydney, and an accomplished statesman. 1731. ELIZABETH CROMWELL, grand-daughter of the lord protector of England, Oliver Cromwell, died at Bedford row in her 82d year. 1735. FRANCIS LEOPOLD RAGOTZKI, prince of Transylvania, died. He wrote an interesting memoir on the revolutions in Hungary. 1793. EDMUND C. GENET, first minister from the French republic to the United States, arrived at Charleston. He was superseded by Fauchet at the request of Washington the next year. 1801. The French surrendered Rosetta, in Egypt, to the British troops under Col. Spencer. 1803. LOUIS FREDERICK ANTOINE ARBOGAST, a French mathematician, died. He was a member of the national convention, but appears not to have taken any active part in politics, his name appearing only to some report on scientific subjects. His works place his name high among the distinguished men of the day; his character was blameless. 1806. HERRING, aged 60, and his wife, executed at Newgate, London, for coining money. 1808. County of Cortland in New York state erected. 1811. First law passed by the New York legislature respecting the Erie canal. 1812. Louisiana became a member of the United States confederacy. 1821. SIMON ASSEMANNI, one of the most learned of Maronites in modern times, died at Padua, where he had long been a professor. His explanation of the Arabian antiquities is much esteemed. 1832. ROBERT SIMSON died at Montreal, aged 101. He was at the attack on Quebec under Wolfe.