79th NY troops mutinies

Event

Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with US president

Event

Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70

Death

-16] Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia

Event

2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault

Event

John Galsworthy, England, author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932)

Birth

Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84

Death

Leone Sinigaglia, composer

Birth

Edvard Armas J„rnefelt, Vyborg Finland, composer (Berceuse)

Birth

David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies

Death

"Field and Stream" begins publishing

Event

Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl

Event

Sibilla Aleramo, [Rina Faccio], Italian feminist/poet (Una Donna)

Birth

Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)

Birth

Prairie View State University forms

Event

Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Aage og Else)

Birth

Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248)

Event

Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo

Event

Ernest E Just, biologist (pioneered cell division)

Birth

Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46

Death

Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies

Death

Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria)

Event

Johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies

Death

Marinus de Jong, composer

Birth

Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, composer

Birth