Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur Venus)

Birth

President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Wash DC

Event

US House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state

Event

August W Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist

Birth

L‚on Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies

Death

Helene ELJ Kr”ller-Mller, Dutch founder (Kr”ller-Mller Museum)

Birth

Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76

Death

Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer, dies at 66

Death

Spanish Cortes fires king Amadeus I

Event

Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist (Pages from My Life)

Birth

Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer

Birth

Elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author

Birth

Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer

Birth

1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms

Event

1st weekly Weather report published in UK

Event

Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author/novelist/writer, dies at 67

Death

Jean Gilbert, composer

Birth

Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies

Death

Gheorghe Cucu, composer

Birth

Gustav Schmidt, composer, dies at 65

Death

Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith)

Birth

Ernst "Putzi" Hanfst„ngl, German/US pianist/politician (NSDAP)

Birth

John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)

Birth

Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890

Event

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer

Birth