Marie-Joseph de Ch‚nier, French poet (Chant du D‚part), dies at 46

Death

Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)

Birth

Thomas Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862

Birth

Alexander Brydie Dyer, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1874

Birth

Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64

Death

Alexander Travis Hawthorn, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1899

Birth

Felix Mendelssohn's "Die erste Walpurgisnacht," premieres in Berlin

Event

Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer, dies at 73

Death

Adrien Marie Legendre, dies

Death

John Acton, English historian/MP

Birth

Tea from India 1st arrives in UK

Event

Penny Post mail system is starts

Event

Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding

Event

Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75

Death

Charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London

Event

Peter Gast, composer

Birth

Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)

Birth

Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67

Death

Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Cheerful Bl„tter, Simplicissimus)

Birth

US forts and property seized by Mississippi

Event

Ft Jackson and Ft Philip are taken over by LA state troops

Event

Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US

Event

Battle of Romney, WV

Event

Battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)

Event

Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47

Death