Arthur H Bird, composer

Birth

French [M J Fran‡ois] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years)

Birth

Jewish Disabilities Removal Act passed by British Parliament

Event

Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16)

Birth

Alexandra Park opens in North London

Event

Battle of Woodstock, VA

Event

Friedrich Aereboe, landhuishoudkundige

Birth

Francesco Cilea, composer

Birth

Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83

Death

Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms

Event

Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eug‚nie as Regent of France

Event

Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63

Death

William Gillies Whittaker, composer

Birth

1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations

Event

1st telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii completed

Event

Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer, dies at 70

Death

1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich

Event

Alan Francis Brooke, 1st viscount Alanbrooke fieldmarshal [or Jul 4]

Birth

Emil Jannings, Germany, actor (Faust, Passion, Blue Angel)

Birth

Albert Warner, US producer (Warner Bros)

Birth

Apolinary Szeluto, composer

Birth

Ulysses S Grant, 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63

Death

Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge

Event

John C Poortenaar, painter/etcher/cartoonist

Birth

Arthur Whitten Brown, aviator

Birth