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Historical Event(s)
– The San Francisco steamer sinks, killing 300 people.
– Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
– Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
– The civil death procedure is abolished in France.
– The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate.
– In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.
– The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
– The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
– The Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade).
– Crimean War: The Battle of Inkerman.
Who Were Born On ?
– Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
– Paul Ehrlich, German scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1915)
– Henri Poincaré, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)
– Ioannis Psycharis, Greek author and linguist (d. 1929)
– John Riley Banister, American law officer and cowboy (d. 1918)
– Alfredo Catalani, Italian musician (d. 1893)
– Robert Laird Borden, Canadian politician (d. 1937)
– Victor Babeş, Romanian bacteriologist (d. 1926)
– Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and banking executive (d. 1920)
– Herman Bavinck, Dutch theologian and churchman (d. 1921)