Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)

Birth

English govt of Pitt Jr forms

Event

Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam

Event

William Parry, England, Arctic explorer

Birth

[Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal

Birth

1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky

Event

Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright

Birth

Josef Theodor Krov, composer

Birth

Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62

Death

Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66

Death

Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies

Death

Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont (life cycle of tapeworms)

Birth

Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68

Death

Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist (ozone)

Birth

Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, US Secretary of War (1861-65)

Birth

Robert Hudson, composer, dies at 83

Death

Michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65

Death

James Jay Archer, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1864

Birth

James Clifford Veatch, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1895

Birth

Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader

Birth

Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67

Death

Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law

Event

Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97)

Birth

George Frederick Bristow, composer

Birth

South Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws

Event