Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)

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Johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria

Birth

John G Lockhart, [scorpion], English biographer, dies at 60

Death

Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russia, composer (Oresteia)

Birth

Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer

Birth

Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee

Event

Confederate plot to burn NYC, fails

Event

Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia

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Heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies

Death

US Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of Pres Andrew Johnson

Event

Alfred Nobel patents dynamite

Event

Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, actor/director (Ghost Hotel)

Birth

Dirk Sch„fer, Dutch pianist/composer (Javanese Rhapsody)

Birth

Harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist/producer/critic

Birth

Georg Kaiser, writer

Birth

Leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf

Birth

Peder Gram, composer

Birth

John XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63)

Birth

Ludwig Erk, composer, dies at 76

Death

Percy Marmont, London England, actor (Capt Apache)

Birth

John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk

Event

Thomas A Hendricks, 21st VP, dies at 66, 8 months after taking office

Death

Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27

Death

Percy Holmes, cricketer (Engl, 555 partners with Sutcliffe for Yorks)

Birth

Rex Maupin, St Joseph Mo, orch leader (Tin Pan Alley TV)

Birth