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Historical Event(s)
– Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
– The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries.
– Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra Comique in Paris.
– Alexandra Palace reopens after the 1873 fire burnt it down.
– Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
– The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
– Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans
– The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
– The first official game of Polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British Ranchers.
– Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.
Who Were Born On ?
– Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942)
– Mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (d. 1956)
– King Albert I of Belgium (d. 1934)
– Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet (d. 1909)
– Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
– Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator (d. 1955)
– Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1936)
– Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman (d. 1950)
– Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (d. 1926)
– Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian soldier (d. 1933)