Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily

Event

Guillaume Lasceux, composer

Birth

Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants

Event

Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49

Death

Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills

Event

Florido Tomeoni, composer

Birth

Caroline von Wolzogen, [von Lengefeld], German author

Birth

Dutch West Indies island of St Eustatia taken by British

Event

Spain recognizes US independence

Event

John Fane graaf van Westmorland, English (opera)composer/diplomat

Birth

Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79

Death

Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel, premier Prussia

Birth

Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1891

Birth

Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin)

Event

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Hamburg Germ, composer (Great Scherzos)

Birth

Horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")

Birth

Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75

Death

World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland

Event

Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer

Birth

Samuel Ryan Curtis, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866

Birth

Elisha Kent Kane, US Arctic explorer (Kane Basin off NW Greenland)

Birth

Elizabeth Blackwell, Bristol England, 1st woman physician

Birth

Spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station)

Birth

George Thomas "Tige" Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army)

Birth

Nathan George "Shanks" Evans, Brig Gen (Confederacy), died in 1868

Birth