62 receive Victoria Cross

Event

Cawnpore England massacre

Event

Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville VA (Meadow Bridge)

Event

US Army of Virginia established under Gen John Pope

Event

Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia

Event

Andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies

Death

Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China)

Birth

Bernard Berenson, art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance)

Birth

George C Pearce, actor (Country Kid, British Agent, Valiant)

Birth

Josef Swickard, Coblenz Germany, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities)

Birth

Martin Anderson Nex”, Danish poet/writer (Tabte Generation)

Birth

1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens

Event

Wagner's opera "Valkyrie" premieres in Munich

Event

Albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14)

Birth

Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer

Birth

Camille Zeckwer, composer

Birth

Nico[laas P] de Jong, Dutch radio play actor (Laughter and Tears)

Birth

Albert Siklos, composer

Birth

Ernest Torrence, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Birth

Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt

Event

Anna M F van Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) [or 9/26]

Birth

Andr‚ Maurois, [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac)

Birth

Billy Jenkins, [Erich Rosenthal], Magdeburg

Birth

Margaretha C E "Greta" Beekman, actress (Wrong Poes)

Birth

Anthony G de Rothschild, Britain, philanthropist

Birth