invented, by Richard March Hoe in the United States. Saint Louis University School of Law becomes the first law school west of the Mississippi River. Births January January 1 – Nikolai Lodyzhensky, Russian composer (d. 1916) January 3 – Elzéar Abeille de Perrin, French entomologist (d. 1910) January 5 – Victor Brooke, Anglo-Irish naturalist and baronet (d. 1891) January 8 Frederick Abberline, Chief Inspector of the London Metropolitan Police, investigator in the Jack the Ripper murders (d. 1929) John H. Moffitt, American politician (d. 1926) Karl Eduard Heusner, Vice-Admiral of the German Imperial Navy (d. 1891) January 9 – Darius D. Hare, U.S. representative from Ohio (d. 1897) January 10 Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915) Carroll S. Page, American lawyer, businessman and politician (d. 1925) January 11 – Adolf Eberle, German painter (d. 1914) January 13 – David Ferrier, Scottish neurologist (d. 1928) January 17 – Anton Thraen, German astronomer (d. 1902) January 18 – Fernand Pelez, French painter (d. 1913) January 20 – Paul Cambon, French diplomat (d. 1924) January 21 – Émile Levassor, French engineer (d. 1897) January 22 – Friedrich Blass, German scholar (d. 1907) January 25 – Hermann Schwarz, German mathematician (d. 1921) January 26 – Erdmann Encke, German sculptor (d. 1896) January 28 – Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet (d. 1891) January 29 William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901) Henry Carrington Bolton, American chemist and bibliographer (d. 1903) February February 1 – John Isaac Thornycroft, English shipbuilder (d. 1928) February 3 – William Cornelius Van Horne, American entrepreneur (d. 1915) February 9 William Taylor Thornton, governor of New Mexico (d. 1916) Nathan Goff Jr., U.S. representative from West Virginia (d. 1920) February 10 – Philippe Alexandre Jules Künckel d'Herculais, French entomologist and zoologist (d. 1918) February 13 – Georg von Rosen, Swedish painter (d. 1923) February 14 – Louis Diémer, French pianist (d. 1919) February 16 – Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer and automotive entrepreneur (d. 1932) February 17 – Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. 1913) February 19 – Adelina Patti, Spanish opera singer (d. 1919) February 20 – Theodor Höijer, Finnish architect (d. 1910) February 22 – Rudolf Montecuccoli, Austro-Hungarian admiral (d. 1922) February 24 – Teófilo Braga, Portuguese writer, playwright and politician (d. 1924) February 25 – Karl Gussow, German painter (d. 1907) February 28 – Đorđe Simić, Serbian politician (d. 1921) March March