1584. An expedition fitted out by Sir Walter Raleigh took possession of Wowoken, on the coast of America, since called Virginia. A colony was left there, but they were cut off by the Indians, and every one put to death. 1598. HENRY IV of France published at Nantes the memorable edict of toleration; it was revoked 1685, by Louis XIV. 1605. BORIS GODOONOFF, czar of Moscow, died. He was called to the throne by acclamation, on the death of Fedor, the last of the dynasty of Ruric. In abilities and vigor of character, he resembled Peter the great; and might be called one of the greatest of princes, was not his name tarnished by a crime that led his way to the throne. 1638. HENRY, duke of Rohan, a French warrior and historian, died. He signalized himself under Henry IV, both in the field and in the cabinet, but the jealousy of Richelieu drove him to Geneva. He joined the duke of Saxe Weimar against the imperialists, and was wounded in the battle, of which he died. 1640. The English parliament again met by royal mandate, after a refusal on the part of the king to call one for 12 years. 1641. RICHARD MONTAGUE, a learned English prelate, died. He published several controversial works. 1684. NICOLAO ANTONIO, a Spanish author, died. He published an account of all the Spanish writers, in 4 vols. folio, entitled _Bibliotheca Hispania_. He spent his income, which was large, in acts of charity, and in collecting a library, which at his death, amounted to 30,000 volumes. 1686. ANTONIO DE SOLIS, a Spanish author of note, died, aged 76. He was appointed historiographer of the Indies, and wrote the _Conquest of Mexico_, on which his fame as an author principally rests. 1699. Birthday of MARIA CATHARINA WALTER, in Germany. She died in Philadelphia, 1802, aged over 103, having lived in three centuries. 1722. CHARLES LESLIE, an Irish theologian, died. He was a magistrate under James II, and respected for his talents and integrity. His writings were numerous, and sought for with avidity. 1726. VELASCO Y. PALOMINO, a highly admired Spanish painter, died at Madrid. 1742. OLIVER REYLOF died at Ghent, eminent as a Latin poet. 1743. CHRISTOPHER PITT, an English poet, died. His translation of Virgil's _Æneid_ is said to be superior to Dryden's. 1759. GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL, the illustrious German musical composer, died at London, aged 75. His grand oratorio, the _Messiah_, appeared in 1741. 1759. Battle of Bergen, in which the duke of Broglio defeated the allies under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, who lost 2,000 men and the Hanoverian prince Ysemberg. 1777. Battle of Boundbrook, New Jersey, in which 500 Americans under Gen. Lincoln were attacked by 2000 British under Cornwallis, and effected a retreat with the loss of 60. 1782. Third action off Ceylon, between the British under Admiral Hughes, and the French under Suffrein; latter defeated. 1787. Board of regents of the university of the state of New York established.