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Historical Event(s)
– The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
– Senator Daniel Webster gives his “Seventh of March” speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
– The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
– 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.
– 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.
– The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
– Jagannath Temple, Nayagarh is built.
Who Were Born On ?
– Franz Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1924)
– Kate Chopin, American author (d. 1904)
– Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer (d. 1927)
– Enrico Cecchetti, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1928)
– Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-born author (d. 1904)
– Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912)
– Saint Francesca Xavier Cabrini, Italian-born American Catholic nun and saint (d. 1917)
– Reginald Heber Roe, Australian academic and educator (d. 1926)
– Charles Richet, French physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
– Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (d. 1910)