Historical Events
- -20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
- Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Fort Darling)
- Naval Battle of Helgoland, last naval battle fought by squadrons of wooden ships, inconclusive between Danish and a Austro-Prussian alliance, but ends blockade of German ports
Famous Deaths
- John Sedgwick, American Major General (Union Army), is shot in battle after claiming "they couldn't hit an elephant at this distance" at 50
