Isaac Munroe St John, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1880

Birth

Franz P Schubert, Austria composer (That Sch”ne Mllerin), dies at 31

Death

James A Garfield, Ohio, gen/(R) 20th Pres (March 4-Sept 19, 1881)

Birth

Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (Das Leben Schleiermans)

Birth

Georg H Quincke, German physicist (test of Quincke)

Birth

Fitzhugh Lee, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1905

Birth

Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens

Event

Emile C Wauters, Belgium, painter (Van der Goes in the Red Monastery)

Birth

Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate

Event

Alberich Zwyssig, composer, dies at 46

Death

Billy Bates, cricketer (England all-rounder 1882-87, hat-trick 1883)

Birth

Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody)

Birth

Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper

Event

Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; "4 score and 7 years..."

Event

George Barbier, Phila, actor (Tarzan's Revenge, Wife vs Secretary)

Birth

Vicente Lleo, composer

Birth

Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer

Birth

William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (NYC) convicted of defrauding city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment

Event

Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state

Birth

Karel van den Oever, Flemish author/poet (Geuzenstad)

Birth

Natl Assoc of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter

Event

Bernard de Hair, vicar/poet/church historian, dies at 74

Death

Erskine Sanford, Trinidad CO, actor (Angel on My Shoulder)

Birth

Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Le Cocu Magnificent)

Birth

Emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired and poor"), dies in NY at 38

Death