Daniel Edgar Sickles, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1914

Birth

Spain sells part of Florida to US for $5 million

Event

George Jerrison Stannard, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, Major General (Confederate Army)

Birth

1st edition of London Sunday Times

Event

Mansfield Lovell, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1884

Birth

Thomas Hughes, England, author (Tom Brown's School Days)

Birth

Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russ/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet

Event

Charles Darwin reaches river mouth of Parana

Event

HMS Beagle leaves Galapagos Archipelago/sails to Tahiti

Event

Victor de Stuers, Dutch art connoisseur

Birth

1st Chinese immigrant arrives in Suriname

Event

Opera "Tannh„user" is produced (Dresden)

Event

Little William Nelman poisons his grandpa

Event

Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile)

Birth

Arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer (Illuminations)

Birth

Arnhem-Oberhausen railway in Netherlands opens

Event

John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer (Learn by doing)

Birth

G B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England)

Birth

Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname

Event

Lincoln formaly establishes Thanksgiving as a natl holiday

Event

Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Confederate gen-major, dies at 27

Death

Michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62

Death

Charles Babbage, English mathematician (calculator), dies at 78

Death

Paul Val‚ry, writer

Birth