1840. JAMES MORISON, self-styled _The Hygeist_, died at Paris, aged 70. He was the inventor of the vegetable universal medicines, known as _Morison's Pills_, from which he realized great profits, and is said to have paid the English government in ten years £60,000 for medicine stamps. 1849. A serious insurrection occurred at Dresden, in Saxony, but was in a few days put down. 1852. SARAH COLERIDGE died; the accomplished and only daughter of S. T. Coleridge. She translated from the Latin the curious works of Dobrizhoffer on Paraguay, 3 vols., and completed the editorial care of her father's _Literary Remains_, begun by her husband. 1853. JOHN B. GIBSON, an eminent Pennsylvania jurist, died at Philadelphia, aged 73; at which time he was judge of the supreme court. 1856. ADOLPHE CHARLES ADAM, the noted French music composer, died at Paris, aged 54. MAY 4. 1471. Battle of Tewkesbury, between the York partisans and the Lancastrians, in which the latter were defeated, and queen Margaret and her son Edward taken prisoners. The young prince was basely murdered on the spot, by the dukes of Gloucester and Clarence. 1605. ULYSSES ALDROVAND, a Bolognese philosopher, died. He was the most celebrated naturalist of the 16th century, and spent his life and exhausted his resources in the pursuit of science. He lost his sight, and ended his days in a hospital at the age of 80. 1643. LOUIS XIII (_the just_), king of France, died. He was guided in his conduct by the celebrated cardinal Richelieu, who, from motives of ambition, kept him at war during most of his reign. 1655. GIOVANNI FRANCESCA ABELA, a historian and ecclesiastic of Malta, died. 1668. A riot in London under pretence of destroying brothels. Four of the leaders taken and executed for treason. In the reign of some of the English kings the demolition of such houses would not have been adjudged treason. 1673. RICHARD BRATHWAITE, an English poet and miscellaneous writer, died. His works are numerous. 1677. ISAAC BARROW, an eminent English mathematician and divine, died. His writings are numerous and valuable, and chiefly on mathematical subjects; his sermons are highly esteemed, and have been frequently edited. 1702. War declared against France and Spain, by England, Germany and Holland. 1729. LEWIS ANTHONY DE NOAILLES, a French cardinal, died. Though by birth duke of St. Cloud, he preferred the ecclesiastical state to political distinction. 1734. JAMES THORNHILL died; an English historical painter. 1737. EUSTACE BUDGELL, the friend of Addison, drowned in the Thames. He turned his attention to polite literature, contributed to the _Spectator_, _Tatler_, _Guardian_ and _Craftsman_, and published two volumes of biography. 1768. CHARLES STEPHEN LOUIS CAMUS died, a learned French mathematician. 1786. GEORGE GORDON, an English nobleman, who it is said submitted to circumcision, avowed Judaism, and was excommunicated from the church of Mary le Bone. 1791. The pope burnt in effigy at Paris.