Joshua Woodrow Sill, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 31

Death

Skirmish at Parker Cross Roads, Tennessee

Event

Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank off Cape Hatteras, NC

Event

Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Event

Pres Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to Union

Event

-Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro)

Event

Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)

Birth

Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)

Birth

Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)

Birth

Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years

Birth

J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done)

Event

Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38

Death

Ernest Austin, composer

Birth

Alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64

Death

JD Gustave Courbet, French painter (Baigneuses), dies at 58

Death

Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)

Birth

Opera "Pirates of Penzance" is produced (NYC)

Event

Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)

Event

Cornerstone laid for Honolulu's Iolani Palace

Event

Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp

Event

Gilbert/Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres in NYC

Event

George C Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953)

Birth

Jacob Isra‰l de Haan, Dutch poet/writer (Pipelines, Jewish Song)

Birth

Max Pechstein, German "entartet" painter/graphic artist (The Bridge)

Birth

Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro chemistry)

Birth