Charles G van Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, wife of F Louisa W, dies

Death

Sterline "Old Pap" Price, Major General (Confederate Army)

Birth

Alpheus Starkey Williams, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

Wouter J van Troostwijk, painter, dies at 28

Death

George Washington Morgan, Brig General (Union volunteers)

Birth

John Fulton Reynolds, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863

Birth

Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57

Death

Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Le Comte Ory," premieres in Paris

Event

1st Negro Convention of Free Men agree to boycott slave-produced goods

Event

Johann Joseph Abert, composer

Birth

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907)

Birth

Charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires

Event

1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem)

Event

Jos‚ Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74

Death

James Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet)

Birth

Agnes Tyrrell, composer

Birth

Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary)

Birth

Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue

Event

Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro)

Birth

Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died

Event

British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in Crimea

Event

George Simpson patents electric range

Event

Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator

Birth

1st British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)

Event

Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union

Event