Union Gen Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw and common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis

Event

Albrecht MAPJ, duke of Wrttemberg/general-fieldmarshal

Birth

1st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightner)

Event

Madame C J Walker, Louisiana, cosmetic mogul

Birth

Turkey's 1st constitution proclaimed

Event

Hubert M E Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45)

Birth

Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Message from the Madhouse)

Birth

John Cromwell, Toledo OH, actor/director (Spitfire, Of Human Bondage)

Birth

Eric Blore, London England, actor (Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad)

Birth

Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear

Event

Eric Blore, English/US actor (Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad)

Birth

Friedrich Wolf, writer

Birth

Holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81

Death

Ann O'Neal, Missouri, actress (Nana-Professional Father)

Birth

Opera "H„nsel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar)

Event

Arthur Gilligan, cricketer (England captain in 1920's)

Birth

Debussy's ballet "L'apr‚s-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris

Event

Alberto Hemsi, composer

Birth

G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer

Birth

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (Der Leopard)

Birth

Julien Carette, Paris France, actor (Sylvia and the Phantom)

Birth

Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa

Event

Tentative Turkish and German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway

Event

Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa

Event

Marc All‚gret, French director (Voyage ouch Congo)

Birth