1854. Two rail road bridges and crossings at Erie, Pa., destroyed by a mob of women, who were afterwards escorted through the town with banners, headed by a band of music. 1856. ZADOCK THOMPSON died, aged 59; author of several historical works relating to Vermont, and a naturalist. JANUARY 18. 1486. HENRY VII married the princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edward IV. Thus uniting the houses of York and Lancaster, blending the Roses. 1534. Lima, the present capital of Peru, founded by PIZARRO; thirty years before a single town was founded within the limits of the United States, St. Augustine, Florida, being founded 1565. 1546. The council of Trent assembled and agreed upon a confession of faith. 1561. The first English tragedy performed, at Whitehall, before the queen. It was entitled _Gorboduc_, from the name of a supposed ancient British king, and was written by Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton. It consists of five acts, each preceded by a dumb show, prefiguring what is to occur; the first four acts close by choruses in rhyme, and the fifth by a didactic speech of nearly two hundred lines. Sir Philip Sydney pronounced it "full of stately speeches and well-sounding phrases, climbing to the height of Seneca his stile, and full of notable morality, which it doth most delightfully teach." 1701. FREDERICK III of Brandenburgh crowned first king of Prussia, by the title of Frederick I. 1703. THOMAS HYDE died. He was an Oriental interpreter during the reigns of Charles II, James II, and William III. 1713. ARCANGELO CORELLI, an Italian composer, died. He became so great a master in the science of music, that his countrymen bestowed on him the cognomen of _Il Divino_. 1718. SAMUEL GARTH, an English poet and physician, died. He settled in London where by his professional skill he soon acquired a very extensive practice; and by his wit and conversational powers distinguished himself among the literati of the day. 1739. SAMUEL BERNARD, one of the richest and most celebrated financiers of Europe, died at Paris. His funeral procession equaled that of a prince in point of magnificence and in the train of distinguished attendants. 1775. JOHN BASKERVILLE, an eminent English printer, died. He was a man fertile in invention, and effected improvements in the art which could scarcely have been expected from the exertions of a single individual. 1777. Battle of Kingsbridge, N. Y., between the Americans under Gen. Heath and the Hessians. 1782. DUMITER RADULY died at Haromszeck, at the remarkable age of 140. 1793. GEORGE GORDON, an English nobleman, after five years' imprisonment, appeared to give bail; but the attorney-general refused to accept of it. He was therefore remanded. 1795. The French under Salm took Utrecht in Holland, and Gen. Van Damme took Arnhem; the prince of Orange and his family escaping to England. 1797. FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE, an American statesman, died at his residence in Virginia, aged 63.