Origin of Bah '¡ Era-Bah '¡ calendar starts here (Bah  1, 1)

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Yosemite Valley discovered in California

Event

Alick A C Bannerman, cricketer (bro of Charles, Australia 1878-1893)

Birth

Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die

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Abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64

Death

Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated

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Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh

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1st Zoological Society incorporates (Phila)

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US extradition treaty with Sweden

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Hugo Kaun, composer

Birth

Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66

Death

Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon

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Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana

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Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman

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Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer

Birth

Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes

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1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in NYC

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Florenz Ziegfeld, producer (Ziegfield Follies)

Birth

Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design

Birth

Journalist Henry M Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa

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Otto von Bismarck elevated Furst

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US Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House

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Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer

Birth

Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist

Birth

Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real)

Birth