James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose

Event

House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged)

Event

Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert

Birth

Edward Winslow Hinks, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

George Doherty Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army)

Birth

Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31)

Event

Josef Slavik, composer, dies at 27

Death

Alfred Austin, Leeds England, poet laureate of England (Garden)

Birth

Dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59

Death

John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria

Event

Louis Varney, composer

Birth

Amadeus I FM, duke of Aosta/king of Spain (1870-73)

Birth

Peter Carl Faberg‚, Russia, goldsmith/jeweler/egg maker

Birth

Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence

Birth

Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado in return for $15 million

Event

William G Young patents ice cream freezer

Event

2nd battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians

Event

Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer

Birth

Andries Andr‚, Dutch actor/husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen

Birth

Territories of Kansas and Nebraska created

Event

Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north slavery

Event

Hudson's Bay Co rights to Vancouver Island revoked

Event

Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist

Birth

Battle of Front Royal, VA

Event

Battle of Booneville MS - captured Gen Beauregard evacuates Corinth

Event