John McCausland, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1927

Birth

Johannes de Koo, Dutch journalist/stage writer

Birth

Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer

Birth

Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa)

Birth

Charles Dupee Blake, composer

Birth

American-Mexican war: US Gen Winfield Scott captures Mexico City

Event

1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)

Event

Walter Reed, US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever

Birth

Milton S Hershey, chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist

Birth

Catherinus Elling, composer

Birth

Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die

Event

Cornelis J van Axes, lawyer, dies at 71

Death

John J (Blackjack) Pershing, US commander (WW I)

Birth

1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla

Event

Dirk Bos, Dutch liberal 2nd Member of parliament

Birth

Arthur Henderson, Britain, socialist/disarmament worker (Nobel 1934)

Birth

Adolf Meyer, US, psychiatrist/neurologist (pioneered mental hygiene)

Birth

Gen E R S Canby orders SC courts to impanel blacks jurors

Event

Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to control US gold market

Event

Alma Kruger, Pittsburgh PA, actress (Made For Each Other)

Birth

Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68

Death

Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer (2nd Quartet)

Birth

Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio, author/publisher (Winesburg)

Birth

Lewis Latimer invents and patents electric lamp with a carbon filament

Event

Ambrose Everett Burnside, US Union general, dies at 57

Death