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Historical Event(s)
– Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of the independent African Liberia.
– The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
– John C. Fremont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
– A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
– Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
– Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris, France.
– Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
– Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3 ft-plus iron rod being driven through his head; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions.
– The first railroad in Spain – between Barcelona and Mataró – is opened.
– A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.
Who Were Born On ?
– John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)
– Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933)
– Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d. 1934)
– Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero (d. 1882)
– Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist (d. 1933)
– Adelaide Neilson, English actress (d. 1880)
– Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
– Arthur Balfour, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1930)
– Pierre De Geyter, Belgian socialist and composer. Wrote the music for the song The International (d. 1932)
– Sir Surendranath Banerjea, leader, Indian National Congress (d. 1925)