373. ATHANASIUS, patriarch of Alexandria, died. His parents were pagans; he became a Christian, and distinguished himself by his learning, and the zeal with which he opposed the Arian heresy. 1450. The duke of Suffolk, prime minister to Henry VI of England, beheaded in a boat at Calais. During his ministry England lost most of her possessions in France. Yet his murder was resented by the formidable rebellion of _Jack Cade_. 1487. LAMBERT SIMNEL, an impostor, crowned at Dublin, by the title of Edward VI. 1494. COLUMBUS discovered the island of Jamaica. 1519. LEONARDO DA VINCI, a celebrated Italian painter, died. He distinguished himself in early youth by the variety of studies which he accomplished. He afterwards became the head of the Florentine school of painting. 1520. SEBASTIAN BRANDT died; counsellor of Strassburg, a lawyer, and author of a curious poem. 1550. JOAN BOCHER, of Kent, England, burnt for heresy. 1568. MARY, queen of Scots, aided by the gallant George Douglass, escaped from the castle of Lochleven, where she was confined after the murder of Darnley. 1595. ANTHONY, titular king of Portugal, died at Paris, a fugitive from the victorious arms of the Spaniards. 1606. FERNAND DE QUIROS discovered the New Hebrides islands. 1611. The Half Moon, in which HUDSON made his memorable voyage of discovery, sailed in company with another vessel to the East Indies, under captain Laurens Redel, and was lost. (March 6.) 1635. HORACE VERE, an English general, died. He was created baron Tilbury by Charles I for meritorious services. 1667. GEORGE WITHERS, an English pastoral poet, died. He was so zealous a partisan of democracy, and of Cromwell, that the authorities frequently placed him in a straight jacket. His poems were numerous and quaint. 1679. JAMES SHARP, archbishop of St. Andrews, assassinated for his zeal in the cause of the episcopacy in Scotland. 1691. GEORGE MACKENZIE, a Scottish lawyer, died. He figured conspicuously in trials of witchcraft, which puzzled the best heads in those days, and it is probable that he dealt with that sin most thoroughly, for he received the appellation of "the blood thirsty advocate." He was a literary character, however, of no small note, and was among the first Scotchmen who wrote the English language in a style approaching to purity. 1711. LAWRENCE HYDE, earl of Rochester, died; deservedly respected as an able statesman. 1753. LEONOR JEAN CHRISTINE SOULAS D'ALLAINVAL died; a native of Chartres, in France, and author of several comedies of merit. 1774. Permission was given to the society of antiquaries to open the stone coffin of Edward I, and it was found that the body was in a perfect state of preservation, and measured 6 feet 2 inches. It had been placed in wax.