Ferdinand Franzl, composer

Birth

Friedrich Johann Eck, composer

Birth

Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician

Birth

Ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/gov-gen (Sicily)

Birth

Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek

Event

Constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding

Event

Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained

Event

Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)

Birth

Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Natl Day)

Event

Earthquake destroys Caracas Venezuela

Event

Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian

Birth

Diederich Krug, composer

Birth

American Unitarian Assn founded

Event

Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72

Death

Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International)

Birth

John Eliot, English meteorologist

Birth

1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot

Event

William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL)

Birth

Alphonse Goovaerts, composer

Birth

John Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist

Birth

Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52

Death

Louis FMF Franchet d'EspŠrey, [Desperate Frankey], Fren marshal (WW I)

Birth

John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ

Event

Battle of Winchester VA

Event

Johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60

Death