Edward Gibbon died today – 214 years ago

English historian Edward Gibbon was born on April 27 (or May 8), 1737 in Putney (near London), Surrey, England. He said, “History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." [It depends upon which book you read.]... Mr. Gibbon died in 1794 in London, England.