Jean-Fran‡ois Regnard, French comedic poet/slave in Algeria, dies

Death

Robert Raikes, England, Sunday school pioneer

Birth

Bernardus Bosch, Dutch Patriot/poet/writer, baptised

Birth

Girolamo Chiti, composer, dies at 80

Death

Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer

Birth

Fran‡ois Ren‚ de Chateaubriand, France, poet/novelist (Atala)

Birth

Louis Napoleon, French king of Netherlands (1806-10)

Birth

City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US rebels

Event

Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes)

Event

Cesar F Cassini "the Thury", French astronomer (geodesic labor), dies

Death

-5] Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg

Event

Edward Bates, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1869

Birth

Friedrich [August] von Alberti, German geologist (Triasic Age)

Birth

Marcus Whitman, missionary, led to US securing Oregon

Birth

Sarah Childress Polk, 1st lady (1845-1849)

Birth

1st edition of Batavian State-Current published

Event

Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat

Event

Donald McKay, US naval architect, built fastest clipper ships

Birth

Marie-F‚licit‚-Denise Pleyel, [Mlle Moke], pianist/composer

Birth

1st US relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer))

Event

Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht 1868-82

Birth

Mihaly Mosonyi, composer

Birth

Fran‡ois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer

Birth

Phoebe Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Poems of Alice and Phoebe Cary)

Birth

Anton Bruckner, Austria, Wagner disciple and monumental bore/composer

Birth