American Indian Society organizes

Event

Charles T Stork, Dutch industrialist

Birth

Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49

Death

House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president

Event

John Alexander Logan, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886

Birth

Abdl Aziz, Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76)

Birth

Felix Dahn, writer

Birth

Franz Xaver Witt, composer

Birth

Henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies

Death

Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes

Birth

Roman Republic declared

Event

Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76

Death

Leander Starr Jameson, PM of South African Cape colony

Birth

Aletta [Henri‰tte] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician

Birth

Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)

Birth

Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education

Birth

Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63

Death

Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens elected president and VP of CSA

Event

Tennessee votes against secession

Event

Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states

Event

Anthony Hope [Hopkins], London, novelist

Birth

Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane

Event

Erich von Drygalski, Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl

Birth

Mrs [Beatrice] Patrick Campbell, England, actress (Pygmalion)

Birth

George Ade, US, journalist/playwright/humorist (Fables in Slang)

Birth