Gerard Brucken Fock, composer

Birth

John W Fortescue, military historian

Birth

Thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies

Death

Alexander von Fielitz, composer

Birth

Cornelius Broere, Dutch RC clergyman/poet, dies at 57

Death

Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54

Death

Battle of Egypt Station, MS

Event

F‚lix E Vallotton, Switz/French painter/writer (Chaste Suzanna)

Birth

Marie van Regteren Altena, Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers)

Birth

William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum

Event

Peter van Schendel, Dutch painter, dies at 64

Death

Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72

Death

Pio Baroja Y Nessa, San Sebastion Spain, writer (Caminode Parfecci¢n)

Birth

Frederik Paludan-Mller, Danish poet (Abels díd), dies at 67

Death

John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill

Event

Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism)

Event

Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90

Death

North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot)

Event

Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet

Birth

Arthur Eddington, England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician

Birth

A Wolfenstein, writer

Birth

Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter

Birth

Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56

Death

Charles Dingle

Birth

Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted

Event