Filinto El¡sio, [do Nascimento], Portuguese poet, dies at 84

Death

Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60

Death

John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House

Event

Victor Hugo's "Hernani" premieres in Paris

Event

Theodorus J I Arnold, bibliographer (Bibliotheca Belgian)

Birth

Clement Anselm Evans, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911

Birth

Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress

Birth

Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm

Event

1st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport

Event

London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours

Event

Seminoles and black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to West

Event

Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories)

Birth

Alexis Hollander, composer

Birth

Pierre Auguste Renoir, Limoges France, Impressionist painter/sculptor

Birth

Karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou)

Birth

State University of Iowa is approved

Event

John Watson, Canada, philosopher (Objective Idealism)

Birth

Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53

Death

Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies

Death

George Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888)

Birth

Charles Lang Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1876]

Birth

1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence

Event

William James Ashley, English economic-historian

Birth

Menso Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/water colors painter

Birth

Congress forms US Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Event