Vincenzo Righini, composer, dies at 56

Death

US warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere

Event

Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer, dies at 61

Death

Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer, dies at 54

Death

William Henry Fry, composer

Birth

John Porter McCown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1879

Birth

Java again in Dutch hands

Event

Julius PJA van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs

Birth

Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII

Event

Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer, dies at 62

Death

Georg Goltermann, composer

Birth

Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)

Event

Stephen Gano Burbridge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

HMS Beagle anchors at Angra Azores

Event

Oskar Brefeld, German botanist

Birth

Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris

Event

Minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils)

Birth

Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding design/painter (Rue de Paris)

Birth

NY Herald reports gold discovery in California

Event

Frans Schollaert, Belgian premier (1908-11)

Birth

Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80

Death

Edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children)

Birth

Ludwig Wllner, German actor/baritone (Die Burgschaft, Prometheus)

Birth

Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox)

Birth

Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian/hagiographer

Birth