douard Vaillant, French socialist politician/communard

Birth

Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer

Birth

Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa)

Birth

Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)

Event

King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution

Event

Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered

Event

Jos‚ Mart¡ y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician

Birth

William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)

Birth

John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry

Event

Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua

Event

Battle of New Bern, NC

Event

Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners

Event

Kaarlo Juho St†hlberg, 1st president of Finland (1919-25)

Birth

Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer

Birth

Julian Aguirre, composer

Birth

Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62

Death

Ozaki K“y“, Japan, novelist/essayist/haiku poet (The Heart)

Birth

Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72

Death

Paris surrenders to Prussians

Event

Colette, writer

Birth

Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57

Death

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Burgundy France, novelist (Ch‚ri, Gigi)

Birth

M A Noble, cricketer (great Australian all-rounder at turn of century)

Birth

Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian (Grundzge)

Birth

Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer

Birth