Charlotte Sanders Cushman, US, actress (Lady MacBeth)

Birth

Darius Nash Couch, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897

Birth

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore, English poet

Birth

Gabriel Colvin Wharton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1906

Birth

Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor

Birth

1st US swim school opens (Boston Mass)

Event

Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway)

Birth

Jonathan Hutchinson, surgeon/scientist

Birth

Wojciech Boguslawski, composer, dies at 72

Death

William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter)

Event

HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso

Event

James "Cardinal" Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore

Birth

Edouard [Judas] Colonne, composer/violinist

Birth

Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55

Death

Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada

Event

Edward John Armstrong, poet

Birth

Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office

Death

Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts

Event

Geza Zichy, composer

Birth

17th Postmaster General: Nathan K Hall of NY takes office

Event

Charles Bannerman, Aussie cricket batsman (1st centurion)

Birth

Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians and US

Event

1st interment in US National Cemetery at Presidio

Event

William H Gillette, actor (Sherlock Holmes on stage)

Birth

Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader

Birth