Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans

Event

Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (R fagas)

Birth

Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres

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George Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909

Birth

Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer, dies at 56

Death

Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer

Birth

Ferdinand Laub, composer

Birth

Louis-J-Ferdinand H‚rold, French composer (Pr‚ aux clercs), dies at 41

Death

Charles Darwin reaches Straits Ponsonby, Fireland

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William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)

Birth

Paul C‚zanne, France, impressionist painter (Bathers)

Birth

Aden conquered by British East India Company

Event

Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38

Death

Bohumil Pazdirek, composer

Birth

Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)

Event

Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer

Birth

David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)

Birth

Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," premieres in Rome

Event

Napoleon III marries Eug‚nie de Montijo

Event

Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries)

Birth

Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)

Birth

MS troops take Ft Massachusetts an Ship Island

Event

Georgia becomes 5th state to secede

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Battle of Mill Springs, KY (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)

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General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland

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