See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
January 14 -
Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
January 25 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding
recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter Victoria,
"Vicky," the Princess Royal to Prince Friedrich of Prussia in St. James's Palace, London.
February 11 - The Virgin Mary is said appear to St Bernadette of Lourdes.
March 30 - Hyman Lipman patents a pencil with an attached eraser.
May 11 - Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
June 23 - Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara.
July 29 - United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
August 5 - Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after
several unsuccessful attempts.
August 16 - US President James Buchanan inaugurates the new trans-Atlantic telegraph cable
by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal
will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
British Empire takes over powers & properties of the British East India Company (see also
history of Bangladesh).
William Marcy Tweed begins his thirteen-year term as "Boss" of Tammany Hall.
Births:
January 7 -
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda responsible for revival of Hebrew language.
January 10 -
Heinrich Zille, illustrator and photographer (d. 1929).
January 25 -
Kokichi Mikimoto, pearl farm pioneer (d. 1954).
March 9 -
Neeltje van den Houten.
March 18 -
Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the compression ignition engine (d. 1913).
March 1 -
Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher.
April 23 -
Max Planck, German physicist, inventor of the quantum mechanics.
June 16 - King
Gustav V of Sweden.
July 1 -
Stoffel van den Houten.
August 1 -
Hans Rott, composer.
August 2 -
Jan Dalebout.
August 4 -
Cornelis Kamerling.
August 21 -
Reinder (Minerd) Meekhof.
August 27 -
Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician.
September 30 -
Neeltje Vreeswijk.
October 22 -
Wilhelmina Kornelia Maller.
October 27 -
Theodore Roosevelt, later President of the United States.
November 29 -
Wouter Pieter van Dijl.
December 22 -
Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer.
Deaths:
January 7 -
Adriaan van de Velde.
February 27 -
Janna van den Houten.
March 4 -
Matthew Perry, American Commodore.
April 7 -
Anton Diabelli, music publisher, editor and composer.
April 22 -
Neeltje Maria Nelemans.
June 2 -
Willem Tholenaars.
June 3 -
Johannes Tholenaars.
June 3 -
Julius Reubke, composer.
July 11 -
Neeltje van den Houten.
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