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Historical Event(s)
– An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.
– “The Spirits Book” by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
– Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
– Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall’s war against the French.
– The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
– The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
– The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
– The City of Anaheim is founded.
– The Atlantic founded in Boston.
– Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario, then a small logging town, as the capital of Canada.
Who Were Born On ?
– Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1940)
– Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926)
– Clarence Darrow, American attorney (d. 1938)
– Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
– Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)
– José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican politician (d. 1921)
– Max Wagenknecht, German composer (d. 1922)
– Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
– Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
– Ida Tarbell, American journalist (d. 1944)