Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61

Death

Stephen Hopkins, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 78

Death

Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)

Event

Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop

Event

John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar)

Birth

Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday

Death

Johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67

Death

James Alexander Seddon, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1880

Birth

Gustav Freytag, writer

Birth

Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard

Birth

Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist (Reaction of Cannizzaro)

Birth

Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)

Event

US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels

Event

Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace

Event

Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66

Death

Corn‚lie Huygens, feminist/author (Barthold Meryan)

Birth

Hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30)

Birth

John F Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton

Event

Albert U B††th, Swedish poet (Vid Allfarw„g)

Birth

US forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua

Event

Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter

Birth

John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69

Death

Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41

Death

Battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53

Event

Battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150

Event