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Historical Event(s)
– The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.
– American Civil War: ship CSS encountered and sank the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
– The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
– The fire extinguisher is patented.
– Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
– American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
– United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
– American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
– American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga.
– American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
Who Were Born On ?
– Manuel Gomes da Costa, 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
– Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (d. 1930)
– William Randolph Hearst, American publisher (d. 1951)
– Robert James “Bob” Fitzsimmons, Boxing champion (d. 1917)
– Francis Younghusband, British explorer (d. 1942)
– Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (d. 1935)
– Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, Russian-born head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1934)
– Mary Eliza Church Terrell, American writer (d. 1954)
– Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and Prime Minister (d. 1933)
– Charles Pathé, French pioneer of film and record industries (d. 1957)