Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona)

Birth

Henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912

Birth

Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader

Birth

Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910

Birth

Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung

Event

Friedrich Nietzsche, Germany, philosopher/anti-semite (šbermensch)

Birth

Dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether

Event

George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament)

Birth

Wilhelm Posse, composer

Birth

R G Nivelle, French military man

Birth

John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ (1882-92)

Birth

Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer

Birth

Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author/poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro)

Birth

11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard

Event

Cliff House opens in SF (1st of many on site)

Event

Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri

Event

Andr‚s Bello, Venezuelan poet (Alocuci¢n), dies at 83 [or 10/16]

Death

Walther Amelung, German archaeologist

Birth

Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses

Event

Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force

Event

Otallo Morales, composer

Birth

45th Congress (1877-79) convenes

Event

Paul Reynaud, premier France (May-June 1940)

Birth

Edison Electric Light Company incorporated

Event

Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress (Blackmail, Storm in a Teacup)

Birth