George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess

Event

John Dyer, poet, dies

Death

Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21)

Birth

Georgia becomes a protectorate of tsarist Russia

Event

Sim¢n Bol¡var, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule

Birth

France passes 1st copyright law

Event

John Middleton Clayton, Delaware, (Sen-Del)/US Sec of State (1849-50)

Birth

Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman

Birth

John Adams Dix, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879

Birth

William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) is willed the slave York

Event

Alexandre Dumas PŠre, France, author (3 Musketeers)

Birth

Ira Aldridge, famous African

Birth

Alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist)

Birth

Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Si j'‚tait roi)

Birth

Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer, dies at 74

Death

Joseph Schuster, composer, dies at 63

Death

Antoine T D'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jan 3, 1810]

Birth

Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg (1890-1905)

Birth

Felix Godefroid, composer

Birth

Sophie Gail, composer, dies at 43

Death

Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson

Event

Francisco S L¢pez, [Tiran], president of Paraguay (1862-70)

Birth

Jacob Kimball, composer, dies at 65

Death

Julius Adolph de Lagnel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912

Birth

Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41

Death