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Historical Event(s)
– Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
– Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
– Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
– The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
– 1,800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec.
– Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. State to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
– The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the five-star rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
– The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.
– President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
– Battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
Who Were Born On ?
– Dimitrios Gounaris, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1922)
– Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter (d. 1944)
– Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (d. 1961)
– Matthew Charlton, Australian politician (d. 1948)
– George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. 1952)
– Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1934)
– Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1953)
– Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1919)
– Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (d. 1935)