Fran‡ois Bainville, composer, dies at 63

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Samuel Osgood 1st Postmaster and Edmund J Randolph 1st Attorney Genl

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4th Postmaster General: Samuel Osgood of Mass takes office

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Jefferson appointed 1st Sec of State; John Jay 1st chief justice;

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J L A Th‚odore G‚ricault, French painter (Easy-Going of Medusa)

Birth

Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51

Death

Russia, Prussia and Austria sign Holy Alliance

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Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, father of Bengali prose (Exile of Sita)

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Daniel Boone, frontiersman, dies in Missouri at 85

Death

Alvin Peterson Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

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Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist (Denj, Moskvitsh)

Birth

Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives

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Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in NYC

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Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer

Birth

Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor," premieres in Naples

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Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer

Birth

2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club

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Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72

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Maggie L Walker, black business and civic leader

Birth

Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer

Birth

Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47)

Birth

Philip Cipriani Hambly Potter, composer, dies at 78

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Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min (1916-18)

Birth

Amilcare Zanella, composer

Birth

1st Grand International Rifle match held

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