USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe

Event

? Gist, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864

Birth

Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname

Event

NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)

Event

William Gaston Lewis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901

Birth

Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor

Event

Jacob Fabricius, composer

Birth

Cornelis PJ Elout, military/pres of West Sumatra, dies at 47

Death

Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey

Event

Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician, dies

Death

Sarah Orne Jewett, Maine, author (Country of the Pointed Firs)

Birth

Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm

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Louis Henri Sullivan, Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture

Birth

M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77

Death

AAJ Jean JaurŠs, French socialist (L'Humanit‚, Les Preuves)

Birth

Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established US credit union movement

Birth

Ursmer BerliŠre, Belgian historian (Monastican Belgium)

Birth

Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality

Event

Hans Aanrud, Norse author (Sílve Solfeng)

Birth

Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer

Birth

US, British, French and Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki

Event

Battle of Berryville, VA

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Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land

Event

Wilhelm Bousset, German theologist/historian

Birth

Alain Locke, famous African

Birth