Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp

Event

Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (2-fasenmotor)

Birth

Peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37

Death

Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Revolt of Mother)

Birth

Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)

Birth

Johan Nathan, murderer, hanged

Death

Juliette Gordon Low, activist/founder (Girl Scouts of America)

Birth

Louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US brig-general (Union), dies at 51

Death

Nevada admitted as 36th state

Event

William Parson, 3rd Earl of Rosse and maker of large telescopes, dies

Death

Standard uniform approved for postal carriers

Event

Mihaly Mosonyi, composer, dies at 55

Death

Founding of Netherland Protestant Union in Dokkum

Event

Seerp Anema, poet/writer (Dutch Coasts)

Birth

Eduard van Oort, zoologist (Ornithology of Netherlands)

Birth

Cyclone hits Bengal, about 200,000 die

Event

Big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies

Death

Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams)

Event

George Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74

Death

Edouard Lalonde, Canada, NHLer (Mont Canadiens)/lacrosse player

Birth

Chiang Kai-shek, Chekiang Province China, pres of Nationalist China

Birth

Rimski-Korsakov's "Capricio Espag¤ol," premieres in St Petersburg

Event

John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tire

Event

Harold Vincent Milligan, composer

Birth

George Hubert Wilkins, Aust, polar explorer (Flying the Arctic)

Birth