variste Galois, French revolutionary/mathematician (Theory of G)

Birth

US frigate United States captures British vessel Macedonian

Event

Louis CPR van Orl‚ans, French duke of Nemours

Birth

Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer

Birth

Philipp Fahrbach, composer

Birth

Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author (V Lesach) [NS=Nov 6]

Birth

Zachariah Cantey Deas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1882

Birth

Johann Baptist Strauss, (the younger), Austria, composer (Waltz King)

Birth

Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean

Event

Abbas Mirza, Persian governor/heir to the throne, dies at 44

Death

Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, France, composer (Carmen)

Birth

Gleb Uspensky, Russia, author (Power of the Soil)

Birth

Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral, dies at 81

Death

Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die

Event

Prince Menshikov of Krim occupies British base at Balaclava

Event

Willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84

Death

Stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers)

Birth

Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die

Event

Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield)

Event

Telegraph message sent from St Louis to SF

Event

Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer, dies at 82

Death

Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek)

Event

Skirmish at Mine Creek, KS and Turkeytown, AL

Event

Alexander Tikhonovich Gretsjaninow, Russ/US composer (Snow White)

Birth

Georg Alfred Schumann, composer

Birth