Garnet Joseph, 1st viscount Wolseley soldier

Birth

Servaas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flemish writer (Lute and Flute)

Birth

Mexican-US war starts

Event

Josef Sittard, music writer

Birth

Empire Engine Company No 1 organized

Event

Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England

Event

Willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange, dies at 74

Death

Confederates evacuate Ft Pillow, Tenn

Event

Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician

Birth

Nassau William Senior, British economist

Birth

Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland (1944-46)

Birth

Van Bosse/Fock govt begins

Event

Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen

Birth

4th Belmont: W Dick aboard Kingfisher wins in 2:59«

Event

Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies

Death

Stanislaw Moniuszko, composer, dies at 53

Death

1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname

Event

Pacific Stock Exchange opens

Event

Eduard M”rike, German vicar/poet/writer (Peregrina), dies at 70

Death

Abdl-Aziz, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76), dies at 46

Death

Robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test S Africa v England 1898, scored 0 and 9)

Birth

Heinrich Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927)

Birth

Frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament)

Birth

Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes

Event

Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher (ist der Mensch?)

Birth