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Historical Event(s)
– With the Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
– President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
– Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
– American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
– American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
– American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River.
– American Civil War: Battle of Ball’s Bluff – Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war. Baker, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, is killed in the fighting.
– The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
– American Civil War: Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky’s Confederate government.
– American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James M. Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and United Kingdom.
Who Were Born On ?
– Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist (d. 1953)
– Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author (d. 1937)
– Arthur Cushman McGiffert, American theologian (d. 1933)
– Stanislas de Guaita, French occultist (d. 1897)
– H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (d. 1896)
– Omar Bundy, American Army general (d. 1940)
– Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, Nobel laureate (d. 1930)
– Tom Horn, American lawman and convicted murderer (d. 1903)
– Ranavalona III, Queen of Madagascar (d. 1917)
– Italo Svevo, Italian author (d. 1928)