Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66

Death

Louis-S‚bastien Mercier, French poet (Le D‚serteur), dies at 73

Death

Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer

Birth

Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83

Death

Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter

Birth

Charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones

Birth

John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64

Death

William Charles Levey, composer

Birth

James Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865

Birth

Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (1812 Overture) (5/7 NS)

Birth

Sim‚on-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (Poisson verdeling), dies

Death

Pauline Lucca, soprano

Birth

Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila)

Birth

Thomas Duncan, painter, dies

Death

Felix Klein, German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium)

Birth

Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices

Event

William Beaumont, physiologist, dies

Death

Ground broken for Suez Canal

Event

7th NY arrives to reinforce Washington, DC

Event

Battle of Lavaca, TX

Event

Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55

Death

Battle of New Orleans LA - US Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans

Event

Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs

Birth

Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)

Event

Tokyo opens for foreign trade

Event