1st English newspaper published in Hawaii

Event

Elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863

Birth

Eugen Richter, German parliament member (Liberal)

Birth

Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad

Event

1st US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club

Event

Jacob C van Marken, Dutch philantropist/CEO (Calv‚-Delft)

Birth

Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith)

Birth

Thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899)

Birth

Pres Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot

Event

George Crockett Strong, US Union gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29

Death

Henry Ford, Dearborn Township Mich, auto maker (Ford)

Birth

Confederate troops attack Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in fire

Event

Battle of Chambersburg, PA - burned by Union forces under McCausland

Event

Battle of the Crater: Gen Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg

Event

Pope Pius IX visits Suriname

Event

George Wright, US Union brig-general, dies at 61

Death

Race riot in New Orleans

Event

Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist

Birth

Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100

Event

Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte

Birth

1st baseball teams to play outside US, Boston-Phila in British Isles

Event

James William Tate, composer

Birth

Russian assault on Plevna Turkey, 7,300 Russian casualties

Event

German anti-semitism begins during the Reichstag election

Event

Robert Rutherford McCormick, US, editor/publisher (Chicago Tribune)

Birth