Today in History for September 1860

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 4 of 4

7th - Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
8th - Loss of steamer, "Lady Elgin"
20th - 1st British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
21st - In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Baliqiao.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 12 of 12

3rd - Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established US credit union movement
6th - Jane Addams, Cedarville, Illinois, pacifist/social worker/feminist (Nobel 1931), (d. 1935)
7th - Grandma Moses [Anna Maria], NY, primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket), (d. 1961)
7th - Willem H Nolens, priest/Dutch ambassador to Vatican
11th - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter [NS]
11th - James Allan, former All Black (d. 1934)
13th - John J. Pershing (Blackjack), Laclede, Missouri, US commander (WW I), (d. 1948)
14th - Hamlin Garland, American writer (d. 1940)
15th - Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962)
18th - Alberto Franchetti, composer
22nd - Heinrich Reitsch, composer
24th - Samuel Rutherford Crockett, novelist

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

3rd - Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (b. 1804)
18th - Casimiro de Abreu, Brazilians poet (Primaveras), dies
18th - Joseph Locke, railway engineer, dies
21st - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (b. 1788)
25th - Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer, dies at 60