Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74

Death

Giuseppe Fortunio Francesco Verdi, Italian composer (Traviata, A‹da)

Birth

John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63)

Birth

University of Gent officially opens

Event

Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya

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Samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897

Birth

Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador

Event

Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer, dies at 68

Death

George Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880

Birth

Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers

Birth

Harriet Hosmer, sculptor

Birth

Joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered

Death

Camille Saint-Sa‰ns, Paris France, composer (Ode   Sainte C‚cile)

Birth

Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies

Death

Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100

Event

Karl F Schinkel, German painter/writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60

Death

Andr‚ Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin)

Birth

Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist (Afr Bond)

Birth

Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope

Event

Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor

Event

Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips)

Birth

Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair)

Birth

Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91)

Birth

Battle of Brady Station, VA (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station)

Event

Battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer and Merrit's cavalry divisions

Event