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Historical Event(s)
– The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal.
– Justo José de Urquiza defeats Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros.
– Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital providing in-patient beds specifically for children in the English-speaking world, is founded in London.
– Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
– The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation.
– Harvard wins the first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
– Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
– The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 mi from Paris to Trappes.
– Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
– Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French (Napoleon III).
Who Were Born On ?
– Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà), explorer (d. 1905)
– George A. Moore, Irish writer (d. 1933)
– Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish dramatist (d. 1932)
– Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and violin teacher (d. 1934)
– Cap Anson, American Baseball Hall of Famer
– Deacon White, American baseball player (d. 1919)
– Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (d. 1935)
– H. H. Asquith, British statesman (d. 1928)
– William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (d. 1922)
– Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (d. 1892)