Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet

Birth

Alberto Randegger, composer

Birth

Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing

Event

Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66

Death

Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55

Death

Friedrich Hebbel's "Maria Magdalena," premieres in K”nigsberg

Event

Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer

Birth

Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the NY Lantern weekly

Event

Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)

Birth

Maximilien Luce, French painter

Birth

Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)

Birth

Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Windisch-Gr„z Austria, composer

Birth

Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers

Event

Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer

Birth

US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service

Event

Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial

Event

Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law

Event

Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist

Birth

Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)

Birth

Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match

Event

Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60

Death

Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62

Death

Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer

Birth

Enrico Toselli, composer

Birth

Oskar Loerke, German writer (Longest Day-1926)

Birth