Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies

Death

Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer

Birth

Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands

Event

Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist

Birth

Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer (South America)

Birth

Gavriil Musicescu, composer

Birth

SF County Govt established

Event

Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)

Birth

Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary

Event

Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)

Birth

Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Circulation of Elite)

Birth

Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA

Event

1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect

Event

Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer

Birth

Richard Zsigmondy, Germany, chemist (Nobel-1925)

Birth

-9] Battle at Blakely Alabama

Event

Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army

Event

Sophonisba Breckenridge, scholar/teacher/social activist

Birth

Johannes C H de Meijere, Dutch zoologist, dies

Death

Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98

Death

Ferruccio D M B Busoni, Italy, pianist/composer/conductor (Arlecchino)

Birth

US Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US

Event

Johannes C H de Me˜ere, Dutch zoologist

Birth

International Exhibition opens in Paris

Event

Singapore, Penang and Malakka become British crown colonies

Event