Nikolaus A Otto, German technician (gas motor, otto motor)

Birth

Jules VallŠs, French journalist/communard/author (L'insurg‚)

Birth

Antonius van Gils, RC theologist (against Relief), dies at 75

Death

HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean

Event

Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (HP Foundation)

Birth

Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian

Birth

Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane

Birth

Yamaoka Tesshu, Japanese swordsman/master of kendo

Birth

Andr‚ M AmpŠre, French mathematician/physicist (Amp), dies

Death

Meyer E van Beem, actor (Black Venus)

Birth

Nathaniel Pryor, sgt of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies

Death

Thomas Fentress Toon, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902

Birth

Heinrich von Herzogenberg, composer

Birth

J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school)

Birth

Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen)

Birth

Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire

Event

Paul Alexis, French writer (Soir‚es de M‚dan)

Birth

Chicago Tribune begins publishing

Event

1st telegraph link between NYC and Chicago

Event

Battle at Vicenza: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte

Event

Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner, composer, dies at 63

Death

Millard Fillmore sworn-in as president of US (replacing Taylor)

Event

Georg F B Reiman proposes that space is curved

Event

England passes an act putting Canada on the decimal currency system

Event

Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song)

Birth