Historical Events
- Chinese Exclusion Act: US Congress ceases Chinese immigration
Epping Forest
Epping Forest, England, dedicated by Queen Victoria
- Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed and killed during the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin
Famous Birthdays
- Georgi Atanasov, Bulgarian composer, noted as the nation's first opera composer (Gergana), born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (d. 1931)
- Wilhelm, the last Crown Prince of the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, born in Marmorpalais, Potsdam, German Empire (d. 1951)
Famous Deaths
- Lord Frederick Cavendish, English politician who was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in May 1882 and murdered only hours after his arrival in Dublin, dies at 45
- Thomas Henry Burke, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
Greatest Generation
Silent Generation
Baby Boomer
Generation X
Millennial
Generation Z