Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer

Birth

Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66

Death

Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46

Death

Pres Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US

Event

Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi

Event

Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist (blood pressure)

Birth

Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola

Event

Battle at Eckmuhl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl

Event

Philip James Bailey, English poet (Festus)

Birth

Cura‡ao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight

Event

Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52

Death

Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London

Event

R J Tyers patents roller skates

Event

Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868

Birth

Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist, dies

Death

William Hopkins Morris, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900

Birth

Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer

Birth

Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69

Death

Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

Julius Sterling Morton, Nebraska, (Gov-Neb), started Arbor Day

Birth

Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62

Death

English steamship "Sirius" docks in NYC after Atlantic crossing

Event

August W Eichler, German botanist

Birth

Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76

Death