Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905)

Birth

1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct

Event

Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25

Death

Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman)

Birth

Julian Edwards, composer

Birth

Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist

Birth

Plechanow, writer

Birth

Fran‡ois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73

Death

Annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification)

Birth

1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean

Event

Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer

Birth

1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)

Event

Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag)

Birth

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer

Birth

Max Born, Germany, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954)

Birth

Victorien Sardous "Fedora," with Sarah Bernhardt, premieres in Paris

Event

Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe"

Event

Fiorello La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45)

Birth

French Panama Canal company fails

Event

Paul Kornfeld, writer

Birth

Johan C J van Schagen, Dutch poet/writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies

Death

Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer (Bio in Sonata Form)

Birth

11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed

Event

Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense (WW II) [OS-Dec 2]

Birth

Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn)

Birth