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Historical Event(s)
– The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France
– Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
– Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
– Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
– Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.
– The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established.
– The Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
– In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
– The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee.
– South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jan Vilímek, Czech illustrator and painter (d. 1938)
– Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist (d. 1927)
– Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician (d. 1940)
– Tom Norman, English freak showman (d. 1930)
– Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, Governor of Queensland, Governor of Bombay (d. 1940)
– Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German inventor (d. 1940)
– James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1934)
– Juliette Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts (d. 1927)
– Austin Norman Palmer, American penmanship innovator (d. 1927)