John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)

Birth

Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)

Birth

Dorothea Dix, US, aroused interest in treatment of mental inmates

Birth

Joseph Fischhof, composer

Birth

Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84

Death

Joseph J‚r“me Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies

Death

Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer

Birth

John Blair Smith Todd, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872

Birth

John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893

Birth

Prince d'Essing, dies

Death

Andr‚ Mass‚na Duc de Rivoli, soldier, dies

Death

Congress decided US flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars

Event

Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891

Birth

Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)

Birth

Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)

Birth

Robert Byington Mitchell, Brig General (Union volunteers)

Birth

Z‚nobe Th‚ophile Gramme, inventor (electric motor)

Birth

Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)

Birth

Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)

Event

Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898

Birth

Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro

Event

Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)

Birth

Jerome Hopkins, composer

Birth

William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68

Death

Hans Richter, composer

Birth