2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck

Event

Franz Blei, [Peregrinus Steinh”vel], Austrian painter/critic

Birth

Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)

Birth

Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55

Death

Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician

Birth

Henri-Honor‚ Giraud, French general/member of parliament

Birth

Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis)

Birth

Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) [or 1908]

Birth

Alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh)

Birth

Jacob Clay, Dutch philospher/phyicist (Mesones)

Birth

Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist

Birth

Arthur Ransome, English author (Swallows and Amazons)

Birth

General Charles Gordon departs London for Khartoum

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Michal Czajchovski, [Sadik Pasja], writer, dies

Death

Peter Alma, Dutch painter/graphic artist

Birth

Antoine Pevsner, French sculptor

Birth

Amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44

Death

Oliver Hardy, Harlem Ga, comedy team member (Laurel and Hardy)

Birth

John Lawrence Seymour, composer

Birth

Jorge Guill‚n, Valladolid Spain, poet/critic (C ntico, Final)

Birth

Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch parapsychologist

Birth

Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms

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Hans H Holm, Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt)

Birth

British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa

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1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC)

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