Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer

Birth

Battle of Oak Grove, VA (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days

Event

US General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive

Event

Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines

Event

Horse tramway at the Hague, opens

Event

Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physicist/chemist (Nobel 1920)

Birth

Robert Henri, US painter, leader of Ashcan school

Birth

1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio

Event

FL, AL, LA, GA, NC and SC readmitted to US

Event

Pres Andrew Johnson passes a law that govt workers would work 8 hr day

Event

Opera "Die Walkure" is produced (Munich)

Event

Myles Keogh, US officer, dies at Little Bighorn

Death

Boston Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn

Death

Custer and 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne at Little Big Horn

Event

Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn

Death

George A Custer, US general (Little Bighorn), dies at 36

Death

Thomas W Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn

Death

John Patton, trumpeter, dies at Little Bighorn

Death

Jean Gallon, composer

Birth

Hans Rott, composer, dies at 25

Death

Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, US Army Air Force (WW II)

Birth

George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game)

Birth

Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison

Event

Ethel Glenn Hier, composer

Birth

Margriet M C Baers, Flemish philosopher

Birth