Ant“nio Gon‡alves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea

Death

Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer

Birth

Pieter J Jong, Dutch Zouave, dies in battle

Death

Battle at Mentana: French/pontifical troops beat Garibaldi

Event

Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D)

Event

1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana)

Event

Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms

Event

Henry M Stanley in Tanganyka say "Dr Livingstone, I presume?"

Event

Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin)

Birth

Kintpuash, "Captain Jack", chief of Modoc-indians, dies

Death

James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti

Event

Emils Darzins, composer

Birth

Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canada, Arctic explorer/ethnologist

Birth

Edmond Barrett, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1908)

Birth

Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer

Birth

Enny Vrede, [Maria M Mller], Dutch actress/wife of Eduard Verkade

Birth

US Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans

Event

Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed)

Event

Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch author (Me Own Way)

Birth

Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses

Event

Friars of Tilburg arrives on Cura‡ao

Event

William Charles Denis Browne, composer

Birth

In London, Jack the Ripper murdered his last victim

Event

Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes

Event

Chaplain Ari‰ns founds 1st roman catholic workers group

Event