Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57

Death

Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54

Death

Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer

Birth

Louis A A Count d'Affry, French general/ambassador to Netherland

Birth

Amalia Frstin von Gallitzin, wife of Russian monarch Golitsyn

Birth

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust)

Birth

Peter Winter, composer

Birth

Johann Schobert, composer, dies

Death

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)

Birth

Sophie Gail, composer

Birth

Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies

Death

Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus

Event

Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies

Death

Johannes Zwijsen, archbishop (Utrecht Netherlands)

Birth

Joannes A Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond

Birth

Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1863

Birth

James Wilson, Scot/US judge/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 55

Death

Antoine A Cournot, French philosopher/mathematician (rule of Cournot)

Birth

Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies

Death

Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies

Death

Carel JCH van Nispen of Sevenaer, Dutch Catholic politician

Birth

Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer

Birth

Teresa Milanollo, composer

Birth

William Alexander Hammond, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1900

Birth

Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer (War and Peace, Anna Karenina) [OS]

Birth