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Historical Event(s)
– Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
– The Bloody Island Massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians in Lake County are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry, led by Nathaniel Lyon.
– Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.
– Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
– First ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest summit of the eastern Alps.
– The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.
– The Roman Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.
– The first National Women’s Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
– Jagannath Temple, Nayagarh is built.
Who Were Born On ?
– Pierre Loti, French writer (d. 1923)
– Leonard Darwin, son of Charles Darwin (d. 1943)
– Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (d. 1931)
– Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)
– Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts of America (d. 1941)
– Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (d. 1919)
– Anton Mahnič, Slovenian Roman Catholic bishop, author and theologian (d. 1920)
– Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
– Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer (d. 1892)
– Zdeněk Fibich, Bohemian composer (d. 1900)