1st US railroad honeymoon trip, Mr and Mrs Pierson, Charleston, SC

Event

HMS Beagle anchors at Goeree Tierra del Fuego

Event

Lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup

Birth

U of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana

Event

Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78

Death

Ella Flagg Young, 1st woman pres (National Educational Association)

Birth

Heinrich Vogl, composer

Birth

1st Swedish magazine in US, Skandinavia, published in NYC

Event

Sonya Kurtovsky Kovalevsky, mathemetician (Acad of Science)

Birth

Mihail Eminesco, [Eminovici], Romanian poet (Samanul Dionis)

Birth

Gen Arista replaces Mexican Pres Herrera

Event

1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW v Vic at The Domain

Event

Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter

Birth

Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis

Event

Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian

Birth

1st US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal

Event

Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia)

Birth

Ft Fisher, NC falls to Union troops

Event

M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies

Death

Nathan S”derblom, Lutheran archbishop, internationalist (Nobel '30)

Birth

Bedrich Smetana's opera "Branibori v Cechach," premieres in Prague

Event

Noach Zjordanija, Georgian veterinarian/premier (1918-21)

Birth

Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer (Greenland)

Birth

Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly

Event

Bertram Shapleigh, composer

Birth