Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80

Death

Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio, feminist/reformer/free love

Birth

Martin Woodhull Victoria Chaflin, US, feminist/reformer (Woodhull)

Birth

Karl Munzinger, composer

Birth

1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code

Event

Hunger strike in Hague

Event

Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune

Event

Henri MG earl the Merode, Belg revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65)

Death

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer

Birth

William Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school

Birth

Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar

Birth

Cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05)

Birth

William Archer, Scotland, writer (Green Goddess)

Birth

Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die

Event

Edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director (Egypt)

Birth

Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers

Event

Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins

Event

Mary Church Terrell, civil rights activist

Birth

Alexandre EJ Yersin, Swiss/French bacteriologist (bacteria plague)

Birth

Battle of Athens VA

Event

Marie-Cl‚mentine"Suzanne" Valadon, French acrobat/model

Birth

Edouard Combe, composer

Birth

Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)

Event

Edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist (Spoon River Anthology) [or Aug 23]

Birth

Prosper M‚rim‚e, French playwright (Carmen), dies at 66

Death