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Historical Event(s)
– Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
– Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders evacuation of Paris.
– The first stage of the Brill Tramway opened.
– The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
– Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi-Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
– Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
– British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
– The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
– Brazilian Parliament passes the Law of the Free Womb, granting freedom to all new children born to slaves, the first major step in the eradication of slavery in Brazil.
Who Were Born On ?
– Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)
– Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938)
– Rosa Luxemburg, Socialist revolutionary (d. 1919)
– Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951)
– John Lester, American cricketer (d. 1969)
– Guangxu Emperor, Qing Emperor of China (d. 1908)
– James E. Ferguson, American politician, 26th Governor of Texas (d. 1944)
– J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)
– Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader (d. 1943)
– William Watt, Premier of Victoria, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (d. 1946)