US recognizes Liberal government in M‚xico's War of Reform

Event

Ren‚ Lalique, French jewel designer

Birth

Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51

Death

Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee

Event

Albert Sidney Johnston, US Confederate general, dies in battle at 59

Death

John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36

Death

Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off

Event

Reuben B Boston, US Confederate cavalery colonel, dies in battle

Death

Skirmish at High Bridge VA (Appomattox); 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off

Event

Butch Cassidy, [Robert Parker], US desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)

Birth

G.A.R. forms

Event

Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities)

Birth

Brigham Young marries his 27th and final wife

Event

Louis Raemakers, Dutch draftsman/painter

Birth

1st plastic, Celluloid, patented

Event

Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria

Birth

Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Hungary, famous magician/escape artist

Birth

Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer

Birth

Erich Mhsam, writer

Birth

Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band" (BG)

Event

Mien Labberton, Dutch poetress

Birth

Walter Huston, Tor, actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre)

Birth

Emanuel Geibel, writer, dies at 68

Death

Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer

Birth

City of Vancouver BC incorporated

Event