Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889

Birth

Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86

Death

1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969)

Event

Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877

Birth

Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex and Surrey bat, famous biographer)

Birth

Plans for city of Chicago laid out

Event

Gaspar N£¤ez de Arce, Spain, poet "Spanish Tennyson"

Birth

Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato and Platoism)

Birth

Flor van Duyse, composer

Birth

Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer

Birth

Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68

Death

John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"

Event

Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59

Death

Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)

Birth

US govt collects its 1st income tax

Event

Land and naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas

Event

Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roman in the Gloamin)

Birth

British Red Cross Society forms

Event

Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War

Birth

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70

Death

Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris

Event

122øF (50øC), Seville, Spain (European record)

Event

Guy de PourtalŠs, Swiss/French writer (Nietzsche in Italy)

Birth

Ren‚ "Sascha" Schickele, German writer/founder (Strmer)

Birth