Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament

Birth

Cornelis Stevens, Belgian RC foreman/polemist, dies at 80

Death

1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun)

Event

Work on K”ln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus

Event

Jan Levoslav Bella, composer

Birth

Charles Wentworth Dilke, English under minister of Foreign affairs

Birth

Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher, dies at 82

Death

Daniel Burnham, US, architect/built skyscrapers

Birth

Lewis H Latimer, inventor/engineer

Birth

Luigi Cadorna, Italian fieldmarshal/earl (WW I-Caporetto)

Birth

John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house member

Birth

Hermann von Wissmann, German Africa explorer/governor East-Africa

Birth

Jonathan Blewitt, composer, dies at 71

Death

English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka

Event

Edoardo Mascheroni, composer

Birth

North Beach and Mission Railway Company organized in SF

Event

Gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops

Event

Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama

Event

1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published

Event

Geert A D Wumkes, Frisian theologist/writer (Frision Movement)

Birth

3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king

Event

Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied)

Birth

[Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre

Birth

Johanna M "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach

Birth

Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo)

Birth