Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar

Birth

Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks

Event

Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile)

Birth

Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74

Death

Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862

Birth

Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France

Event

Thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook and Son)

Birth

Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox)

Birth

British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480

Event

Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo and Juliet)

Birth

Jos‚ Maria Morelos, M‚xican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards

Death

Spaniards execute M‚xican revolutionary priest Jos‚ Maria Morelos

Event

Johann J Bachofen, Swiss judicial historian

Birth

Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader

Birth

Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor

Birth

George Eliot, England, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede)

Birth

Giovanni Bottesini, composer

Birth

James Scott Negley, (Union volunteers Major General, died in 1901)

Birth

Rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies

Death

Justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope)

Birth

Robert Ogden Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1874

Birth

Mark Rutherford, writer

Birth

Edward Hatch, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1889

Birth

HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands

Event

Ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72

Death