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Historical Event(s)
– The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in south Asia.
– Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
– An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.
– Elisha Otis’s first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
– “The Spirits Book” by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
– Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
– The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
– The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
– The City of Anaheim is founded.
– The Atlantic founded in Boston.
Who Were Born On ?
– Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886)
– Alexander of Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria (d. 1893)
– Clara Zetkin, German socialist (d. 1933)
– Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
– Michał Drzymała, Polish peasant rebel (d. 1937)
– Mikhail Alekseev, Russian general (d. 1918)
– Janet Erskine Stuart, Sacred Heart educator (d. 1914)
– Charles Scott Sherrington, British physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1952)
– Bobby Abel, English cricketer (d. 1936)