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Historical Event(s)
– Justo José de Urquiza defeats Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros.
– The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
– Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital providing in-patient beds specifically for children in the English-speaking world, is founded in London.
– At a general conference of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young explains the Adam–God doctrine, an important part of the theology of Mormon fundamentalism.
– Congress establishes the United States’ 2nd mint in San Francisco, California.
– Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
– The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 mi from Paris to Trappes.
– The University of Sydney, Australia’s oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
– Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
– The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
Who Were Born On ?
– Frank Gavan Duffy, Australian judge (d. 1936)
– Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and violin teacher (d. 1934)
– F.W. Woolworth, American businessman (d. 1919)
– Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)
– Charles W. Fairbanks, 26th United States Vice President (d. 1918)
– Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer (d. 1934)
– Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch physical and organic chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1911)
– Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist (d. 1916)
– Daniel De Leon, South American socialist (d. 1914)