August 31, 1688 John Bunyan died, age 60. From an abandoned youth he became a respectable preacher; the authorship of 'Pilgram's Progress' will perpetuate his memory.
The convention for framing a state constitution for California, assembled at Monterey.
Edward I by proclamation, exiled the whole race of English Jews forever, on penalty of death.
William H. Fry died at Philadelphia, aged 78. He was one of the magnets of the press in that city, and the founder of the National Gazette.
A Roman Circus of great size was discovered at Tours in France, where escavations were being made.
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