Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42

Death

Winfield Scott Hancock, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1886

Birth

Alfred Iverson Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911

Birth

Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies

Death

Fran‡ois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes)

Birth

Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"

Birth

Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65

Death

Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion (1866)

Birth

Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76

Death

Anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette

Birth

James K Polk became 1st pres photographed in office (Matthew Brady)

Event

Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor (Antwerp)

Birth

Frank Harris, England, journalist/writer (My Life and Loves)

Birth

Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56

Death

John B van Bree, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56

Death

Charles Beach Hawley, composer

Birth

Joseph Thomson, Scotland, geologist (Thomson's gazelle)

Birth

George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)

Birth

Oregon admitted as 33rd state

Event

Galena, 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Conn

Event

Israel Zangwill, England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto)

Birth

Robert E Park, US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man)

Birth

Morehouse College organizes (Augusta Georgia)

Event

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co issues 1st policy

Event

Henricus A Poels, Dutch RC theologist/social foreman

Birth