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Historical Event(s)
– In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in the Marias Massacre.
– The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race.
– The YWCA is founded in New York City.
– In the United States, post-Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
– Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.
– The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
– The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
– Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
– Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
– Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.
Who Were Born On ?
– Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902)
– Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (d. 1946)
– Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964)
– Sophia of Prussia, Prussian-born consort of Constantine I of Greece (d. 1932)
– Maxfield Parrish, American illustrator (d. 1966)
– Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)
– Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)
– Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
– Rose Sutro, American duo-pianist with her sister Ottilie (d. 1957)
– Uncle Dave Macon, American banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian (d. 1952)