Spanish governor leaves Philippines

Event

Ernst William Wolf, composer, dies at 57

Death

Johann Lukas Sch”nlein, helped establish scientific medicine

Birth

Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer

Birth

Friedrich Fleischmann, composer, dies at 32

Death

Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France

Event

Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins

Event

Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer

Birth

Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker (Winchester)

Birth

Friedrich August Baumbach, composer, dies at 60

Death

Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan, composer

Birth

Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands

Event

Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Pens‚es)

Birth

Hermann Kurz, German author/poet

Birth

Theodor Mommsen, Germ, historian/author (Imperial Lives, Nobel 1902)

Birth

Gustavus Woodson Smith, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1896

Birth

Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer, dies at 87

Death

George Washington Deitzler, Brig General (Union volunteers)

Birth

Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary lawyer/senator

Birth

Ernest H Baillon, French botanist (History of Plants)

Birth

Jedediah Hotchkiss, Engineer (Confederate Army), died in 1899

Birth

Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Ital Pope (1829-30), dies at 69

Death

Mark Twain, [Samuel L Clemens], author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn)

Birth

Mexico declares war on France

Event

Charles Louis W J van Keverberg, Dutch govt official, dies at 73

Death