Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/evangelist (Vredebond)

Birth

Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St Petersburg Russia, composer

Birth

British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa)

Event

Alva Vanderbilt Beaumont, women's rights advocate and activist

Birth

Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41

Death

Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)

Birth

Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)

Birth

Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra)

Birth

Flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)

Event

-Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry, TN by USS Lexington

Event

John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher

Birth

E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73

Death

David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)

Birth

Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia

Event

Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russia, director (Stanislavski Method)

Birth

Henry Charles Tonking, composer

Birth

Lucien Herr, France, scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller)

Birth

General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN

Event

Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55

Death

1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)

Event

Fran‡ois Rasse, composer

Birth

Armed Democrats seize Texas govt ending Radical Reconstruction

Event

Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62

Death

Olga Fastrova, writer

Birth

Hans Jelmoli, composer

Birth