James Deering Fessenden, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

Birth

Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran, dies at 88

Death

Frances E C Willard, NY, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance Union)

Birth

Rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs

Birth

Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army)

Birth

Georges Clemenceau, France, PM (1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss)

Birth

Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, NZ prime minister (1884-87)

Birth

Michael Hertz, composer

Birth

Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium)

Birth

US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment

Event

Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Judah)

Birth

Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer, dies at 60

Death

[Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, Paris France, chemist (Nobel 1906)

Birth

John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall

Birth

Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)

Birth

Thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography)

Birth

Edward Herbert Thompson, Mass, archaeologist (Mayan civilization)

Birth

Kate Douglas Wiggins, author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)

Birth

Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed

Event

Rinse Posthumus, Fries writer, dies

Death

Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur)

Birth

Charles, Lisbon Portugal, king (1889-1908)

Birth

-30) Battle of Fort Harrison VA (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights)

Event

Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch)

Birth

Toronto becomes capital of Ontario

Event