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Historical Event(s)
– The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
– A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing eight people, including two United States Cabinet members.
– King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
– The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz.
– Hong Kong Police Force, the world’s second, Asia’s first modern police force is established.
– Persian Prophet The Báb announces his revelation, founding Bábism. He announces to the world the coming of “He whom God shall make manifest”. He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
– Declaration of the Báb: a merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Bahá'í Faith, and Bahá'ís celebrate the day as a holy day.
– The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
– Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
– The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
Who Were Born On ?
– G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (d. 1924)
– Charles-Marie Widor, French composer (d. 1937)
– Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)
– King Umberto I of Italy, (d. 1900)
– Anatole France, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
– Félix Arnaudin, French poet and folklorist (d. 1921)
– Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918)
– William H. Illingworth, American photographer (d. 1893)
– Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930)