Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65

Death

Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82

Death

Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92

Death

Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula)

Birth

Lilli Lehmann, opera singer

Birth

William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834..41), dies at 69

Death

Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book (My Secret Garden)

Birth

Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"

Event

Luik-Vis‚-Maastricht railway opens

Event

M L‚vy publishes Gustave Flauberts "Salammbo"

Event

Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 32

Death

Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia and Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee

Event

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge)

Birth

Scott Joplin, US, entertainer/composer (The Entertainer)

Birth

American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)

Event

National Rifle Association organized (NYC)

Event

L Martov, [Yuly O Tsederbaum], Russian revolutionary

Birth

Joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire

Event

Walter Griffin, US architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Aust

Birth

Alben W Barkley, Graves County Ky, (35th Vice Pres-D-1949-53)

Birth

Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian

Birth

Hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73

Death

Southern University forms

Event

Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School)

Birth

Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27

Death