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Historical Event(s)
– The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.
– The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.
– The Devil’s Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.
– Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
– Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
– Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas – “Border Ruffians” from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
– Visit of Napoleon III to Guildhall, London
– American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
– Indian Wars: in Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
– Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
Who Were Born On ?
– Andrew Mellon, American financier (d. 1937)
– Isabella Ford, English feminist and union activist (d. 1924)
– Arthur Wing Pinero, English playwright (d. 1934)
– Robert La Follette, American politician (d. 1925)
– Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1919)
– John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
– William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
– Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician (d. 1920)
– Paul Bruchési, archbishop of Montreal (d. 1939)
– Stevan Sremac, Serbian writer