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Historical Event(s)
– Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
– Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
– 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.
– Jenny Lind left New York after her wildly successful two-year American tour.
– 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.
– Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French (Napoleon III).
Who Were Born On ?
– Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)
– C. Lloyd Morgan, British zoologist and psychologist (d. 1936)
– Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923)
– Cap Anson, American Baseball Hall of Famer
– Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)
– Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian politician, 19th and 21st President of Argentina (d. 1933)
– Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch physical and organic chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1911)
– Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
– Honinbo Shuei, Japanese professional board game player (d. 1907)
– Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1908)