1856. IVAN FEDOROWITCH PASKIEWITSCH, vice-roy of Poland, died, aged 74. He distinguished himself in all the wars of the Russian empire, beginning with that of the invasion of 1812. FEBRUARY 2. 1141. Battle of Lincoln, and defeat of Stephen, king of England, by the earl of Gloucester. The king, whose valor deserved a better fortune, was taken prisoner, loaded with irons, and Matilda proclaimed queen. 1421. HENRY V entered London from the complete conquest of France, which had been accomplished in about five years, and was received by the people amidst such pageants and popular rejoicings as that capital had never witnessed. 1461. Battle of Mortimer's Cross near Ludlow, where the king's forces were defeated, Owen Tudor taken and beheaded. 1529. BALTHAZAR CASTIGLIONE, an Italian nobleman and poet, died. He was also so well skilled in painting, sculpture and architecture, that it is said Raphael and Michael Angelo, though incomparable artists, never thought their works perfect unless they had his approbation. 1626. CHARLES I of England crowned at Westminster. He wore the white rather than the purple robe, and to prevent the increase of the plague omitted the usual ceremony of riding in state. 1643. Prince RUPERT took Cirencester for Charles, by storm; 200 slain. 1653. New York city incorporated. 1682. JOHN PAUTRE died; an eminent French designer and engraver. His works were published in 3 vols. folio, and contained more than 1000 engravings. 1688. ABRAHAM DU QUESNE died. He was a native of Normandie in France, and distinguished himself in the navy by a series of valorous and successful engagements. 1705. A new eruption of the peak of Teneriffe, forming the third volcanic mouth. 1723. RICHARD SARE, an eminent printer, died. A sermon preached at his death was well received and went through many editions. 1745. A conspiracy of 900 negroes to murder their masters in Jamaica was discovered by a negress to her mistress, because the plotters would not save a child she had nursed. 1752. The contributors to the Pennsylvania hospital, having rented a house, admitted their first patients. 1768. ARTHUR ONSLOW died. He was 33 years speaker in the English house of commons and the third of his family that had been nominated to that office. 1771. JOHN LOCKMAN, an English dramatic writer, died. 1787. Gen. ARTHUR ST. CLAIR elected president of the American congress. 1788. JAMES STUART died; sometimes called Athenian Stuart, a very celebrated traveler and delineator of Athenian architecture. 1794. The French convention decreed it treason for any officer to surrender his ship to a force less than double his own! 1797. Mantua surrendered to the French, who now became entire masters of the pope's dominions; whereupon Napoleon dictates to his holiness those pious terms of pacification signed ten days after. 1798. The Federal street theatre, in Boston, entirely destroyed by fire.