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Historical Event(s)
– The Fort Tejon earthquake of California occurs, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
– “The Spirits Book” by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
– The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.
– Indian Mutiny: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys revolt against their commanding officers at Meerut.
– The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the San Francisco Gold Rush.
– The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
– The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
– The City of Anaheim is founded.
– Sheffield F.C., the world’s first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England.
– Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario, then a small logging town, as the capital of Canada.
Who Were Born On ?
– Martha Carey Thomas, American educator, suffragist, and second President of Bryn Mawr College (d. 1935)
– William Seward Burroughs I, American inventor (d. 1898)
– George Jackson Churchward, British railroad engineer. (d. 1933)
– Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Consort (d. 1944)
– Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)
– Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)
– Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
– Milton S. Hershey, American confectioner (d. 1945)
– Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish Language writer (d. 1942)
– King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)