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Historical Event(s)
– A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fought a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
– Matica slovenská, Slovakia’s public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
– American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
– American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
– American Civil War: Battle of Bristoe Station – Confederate troops under the command of General Robert E. Lee fail to drive the American Union Army completely out of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
– The Maori Wars resumes as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
– American Civil War: Battle of Campbell’s Station near Knoxville, Tennessee – Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
– American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins – Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee under siege.
– American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the military cemetery ceremony at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
– American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge – At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
Who Were Born On ?
– Pierre de Coubertin, French aristocrat and founder of the modern Olympic Games (d. 1937)
– Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer (d. 1938)
– Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician (d. 1940)
– George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)
– Francis Younghusband, British explorer (d. 1942)
– Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (d. 1942)
– George Essex Evans, Australian poet (d. 1909)
– Sándor Bródy, Hungarian writer (d. 1924)
– Paul Drude, German physicist (d. 1906)
– Herbert Henry Ball, Ontario Politician and King’s Printer (d. 1943)