Georg Andreas Henkel, composer

Birth

Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 58

Death

Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77

Death

Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63

Death

Joshua Norton, SF, Norton I, emperor of USA

Birth

Bozena Nemcov , [Barnora Panklov ], Czech author (Babicka)

Birth

Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa

Event

J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public

Event

Halbert Eleazer Paine, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905

Birth

Amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66

Death

Cl‚ment Ader, French inventor (1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft)

Birth

Georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic

Birth

Vasili O Klyutshevski, Russian historian

Birth

Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49

Death

Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west

Event

1st US telegraph co established in Maryland

Event

[Fran‡ois-Victor-]Jean Aicard, Fren playwright/poet (Jeune Croyances)

Birth

Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux)

Birth

University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students

Event

Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66

Death

Alvan Bovay proposes name "Republican Party," Ripon, Wisc

Event

Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela

Event

Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery Ala, Ga, Fla, La, Miss and SC elect Jefferson Davis pres of Confederacy

Event

24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax

Event

Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi

Event