Historical Events
- Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, killing 317
Famous Birthdays
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Russian composer of the late-Romantic period (1812 Overture; The Nutcracker; Swan Lake), born in Votkinsk, Russia
Famous Deaths
- Caspar David Friedrich, German painter, chiefly of landscapes with contemplative figures in the Romantic style, dies at 65
