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Historical Event(s)
– Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
– Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
– The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania)
– Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas – “Border Ruffians” from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
– Visit of Napoleon III to Guildhall, London
– American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
– American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
– The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.
– In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman’s book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published.
– David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
Who Were Born On ?
– King Camp Gillette, American inventor (d. 1932)
– Andrew Mellon, American financier (d. 1937)
– John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
– Ferdinand Hummel, German harp player, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1928)
– Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician (d. 1920)
– Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (d. 1922)
– Paul Bruchési, archbishop of Montreal (d. 1939)
– Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (d. 1913)
– Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet (d. 1912)