Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)

Birth

Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina)

Birth

US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan

Event

Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder)

Birth

1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls

Event

Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza)

Birth

Opera "I Pagliacci" is produced (Naples)

Event

Otto Taubmann, composer

Birth

Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows)

Birth

St Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies

Event

Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in NYC for stealing 1,000 slaves

Death

Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56

Death

Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal

Event

Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor

Event

Joseph Lee, helped develop playgrounds

Birth

Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched

Event

Frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer

Birth

Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)

Event

Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65

Death

Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer

Birth

Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74

Death

Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio)

Birth

M Lichnowsky, writer

Birth

Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium)

Birth

Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer

Birth