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Historical Event(s)
– “The Raven” is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe
– Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
– The Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
– Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
– The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
– The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
– The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
– The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
– In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipman students and seven professors.
– Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
Who Were Born On ?
– King Ludwig III of Bavaria (d. 1921)
– Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (d. 1912)
– Elihu Root, American statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1937)
– Georg Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1918)
– Gabriel Fauré, French composer (d. 1924)
– Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (d. 1902)
– Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1893)
– Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (d. 1904)
– Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (d. 1888)
– José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900)