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Historical Event(s)
– Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.
– Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
– First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
– Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
– French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
– The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
– Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.
– A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
– The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.
– Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, the anniversary of which is sometimes called “Evolution Day”
Who Were Born On ?
– Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India (d. 1925)
– Hugo Junkers, German aircraft designer (d. 1935)
– Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya (d. 1881)
– George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., American engineer and inventor (d. 1896)
– Walter Camp, sports authority known as the “Father of American Football” (d. 1925)
– Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek writer and historian (d. 1939)
– Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure (d. 1947)
– Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish poet and novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 1940)
– Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist (d.1942)
– Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (d. 1935)