Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium

Event

1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac and Fox indians, end Black Hawk War

Event

Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisc

Event

Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)

Birth

Black Hawk defeated (IA)

Event

Isa„c Capadose, lawyer/evangelist

Birth

Fr‚d‚ric Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)

Birth

Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)

Birth

Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies

Death

Francis Marion Crawford, British author

Birth

William Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest)

Birth

A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands

Birth

Catherina van Rennes, composer

Birth

A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76

Death

Govt of India transferred from East India Company to Crown

Event

1st mailboxes installed in Boston and NYC streets

Event

Skirmish at Dug Springs, MI

Event

2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens

Event

Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau and Romanticism)

Birth

Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps and is lost

Event

Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

Event

Ernest C Dowson, British poet

Birth

Constantine I, king of Greece

Birth

Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+

Death

Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59

Death