Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50

Death

Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72

Death

Abraham Czn van Stolk, resources/art collector

Birth

Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector

Birth

John Milton Thayer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906

Birth

Karol Studzinski, composer

Birth

Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist

Birth

Adam Jacoby Slemmer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868

Birth

William Mason, composer

Birth

John Pegram, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865

Birth

Bernhard Erdmannsd”rffer, German, historian (Deutsche Geschichte)

Birth

Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society

Event

1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by US Col Price

Event

James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, Calif

Event

Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76

Death

Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer

Birth

Federal troops from Ft Monroe are sent to Ft Pikens

Event

Arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy

Event

Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza

Event

Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)

Birth

James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33

Death

Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54

Death

Stephen Gardner Champlin, brig-general (Union), dies at about 36

Death

Arthur Shomburg, famous African

Birth

Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St Petersburg

Event