1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)

Event

Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)

Event

Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)

Birth

William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903

Birth

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81

Death

Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer

Birth

HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania

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Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)

Birth

Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902

Birth

Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70

Death

Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de W‚gimont

Event

A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)

Birth

William Collins, landscape painter, dies

Death

Toscane gets liberal Constitution

Event

Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter

Birth

Anton Urspruch, composer

Birth

Ludwig Bonvin, composer

Birth

Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies

Death

Jaroslav Vrchlicky, [Emil Fr¡da], Czech poet (1 night on Karlstein)

Birth

British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa)

Event

Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71

Death

Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer

Birth

Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)

Birth

John Braham, singer/composer, dies at 81

Death

Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris

Death