Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)

Birth

Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church)

Birth

Thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883

Birth

William Hauser, composer

Birth

Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73

Death

Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)

Birth

Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat

Birth

David Addison Weisiger, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899

Birth

"Visit from St Nicholas" by C Moore published in Troy (NY) Sentinel

Event

Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer

Birth

Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral (Helgoland/Lissa)

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Mathilde Wesendonk, German writer/poet (Tagebuchblatter)

Birth

Adam Minchejmer, composer

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Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender

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Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs

Event

Thomas R Malthus, English vicar/economist (moral restraint)

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Gustave Ador, union president of Austria (1919)

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Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, dr (found Notre Dame Hosp Montreal)

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1st Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco

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Maria Teresa Carreno, composer

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Giacomo Puccini, Italy, composer

Birth

Alan Gray, composer

Birth

Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, playwright (Life in Russian Theater)

Birth

Harriet Monroe, Chicago, poet/editor of Poetry magazine (You and I)

Birth

Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium)

Birth