Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer (Pˆcheur)

Birth

Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93

Death

Th‚ophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer

Birth

French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed

Event

Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)

Birth

Ft Pikens, FL falls into state hands

Event

Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator

Birth

Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana

Event

General Sherman begins his march to the South

Event

Battle of Cosby Creek, TN

Event

Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief)

Birth

SC constitutional convention, meets with a black majority

Event

NC constitutional convention meets in Raleigh

Event

Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66

Death

Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter)

Birth

P B S Pinchback elected to Senate

Event

"Celluloid" registered as a trademark

Event

I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature

Event

Thornton Waldo Burgess, author (Peter Rabbit)

Birth

Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954)

Birth

US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional

Event

Victor A D S‚galen, [Max An‚ly], French writer

Birth

Hendrik W van Loon, Netherland, commentator/writer (Story of America)

Birth

Hugh Lofting, England, writer and illustrator (Dr Dolittle)

Birth

Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83

Death