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Historical Event(s)
– Wesley College, Melbourne is established.
– Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull, human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed.
– The Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile.
– Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
– In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the United Kingdom. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian’s 19 dead and about 17 wounded.
– Fenian raids: Fenians are victorious in both the Battle of Ridgeway and the Battle of Fort Erie.
– The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States.
– The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.
– Battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
– A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, occurred three days before, on October 19.
Who Were Born On ?
– Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter (d. 1944)
– Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
– Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1924)
– Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician (d. 1952)
– Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (d. 1907)
– Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
– Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
– Henry Bacon, American architect (d. 1924)
– Roger Fry, English artist and art critic (d. 1934)
– Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (d. 1935)