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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.
– Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
– The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.
– Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
– The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania)
– 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.
– Signing of the Quinault Treaty: the Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
– The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ernest Chausson, French composer (d. 1899)
– Paul Deschanel, French President (d. 1922)
– B. H. Roberts, Mormon leader, historian, and politician (d. 1933)
– George Charles Haité, English designer, painter and illustrator (d.1924)
– Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1919)
– Ferdinand Hummel, German harp player, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1928)
– Houston Stewart Chamberlain, British-German author of books on nationalism and race (d. 1927)
– Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (d. 1931)
– James S. Sherman, American politician & 27th Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
– E.S. Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d. 1942)