Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father

Birth

Johan L E Dreyer, Danish astronomer (New gen catalogue of nebulae)

Birth

Sir Richard Burton and John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa

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Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist

Birth

William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver

Birth

King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes

Event

Col Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians

Event

1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ

Event

Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)

Birth

Abraham Lincoln declared president

Event

-Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN

Event

Karel Weis, composer

Birth

Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek and Wyatt, Mississippi

Event

Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000)

Event

Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna

Event

Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer

Birth

Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies

Death

Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic)

Birth

? Kanouse, Watertown Wisc, 1st quintuplets in US, born to Edna Kanouse

Birth

Jazeps Medins, composer

Birth

Eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin)

Birth

Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66

Death

Bainbridge Crist, composer

Birth

Pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64

Death

Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager

Birth