Jay Gould, US railroad executive, financier

Birth

Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1912

Birth

"Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout

Birth

Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (Roccaverdina)

Birth

Niccol• Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57

Death

Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line

Event

"Blind" Tom Bethune, pianist/composer

Birth

Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois destroyed by tornado

Event

Billy Barnes, cricketer (England all-rounder 1880-90)

Birth

Marine Telegraph from Ft Point to SF completed

Event

Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium)

Birth

Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies

Death

Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning

Event

Victoria E Matthews, educator

Birth

Battle of Hanover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station)

Event

Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31

Death

Siege of Port Hudson LA

Event

CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die

Event

Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia

Event

Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon)

Birth

Lionel Palairet, cricketer (elegant England bat in the Golden Age)

Birth

Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)

Birth

Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870]

Birth

Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Eros Thanatos)

Birth

Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies

Death