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Historical Event(s)
– The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the “Welcome Stranger”, is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
– Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
– Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War.
– Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
– Japan’s samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinōkōshō) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese date: June 25, 1869).
– The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
– Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance.
– Richard Wagner’s opera Das Rheingold premieres in Munich.
– The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
– American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
Who Were Born On ?
– Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960)
– Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino statesman (d. 1964)
– Aleš Hrdlička, Czech anthropologist living in the United States (d. 1943)
– Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
– Mary Jane Colter, American architect (d. 1958)
– Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
– Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1930)
– Felix Salten, Austrian author (d. 1945)
– Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952)
– Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (d. 1918)