Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer

Birth

Guillaume Couture, composer

Birth

Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer

Birth

Maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens

Event

The Times give precise British positions in Krim

Event

Union Gen Samuel R Curtis defeats Conf Gen Stirling Price

Event

Battle of Westport, Missouri

Event

Rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910)

Birth

Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer

Birth

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer, dies at 72

Death

Columbia and Sappho (US) beat Livonia (UK) in 3rd America's Cup

Event

Th‚ophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61

Death

New Orleans Mint reopens as an assay office

Event

Una O'Connor, Belfast Ireland, actress (David Copperfield)

Birth

1st World Series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats NY Mets (AA) 6-0

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St Louis Browns win World Championship by beating Chicago 4-3 in 10

Event

Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer, dies at 67

Death

Pelham Bay Park in Bronx, vested

Event

Karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies

Death

Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St Petersburg)

Event

Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer, murdered at 52

Death

C Dazey's "In Old Kentucky" premieres in NYC (27 seasons)

Event

Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Peau d'Ane)

Birth

Earnest Julius ™pik, Estonian astronomer (Physics of meteor flight)

Birth

Lilyan Tashman, Brooklyn NY, actor (Bulldog Drummond)

Birth