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Art and culture

• 1869 - Folies Bergères, French cabaret, opens as the Folies Trévise

Births

• 1859 - Jerome K. Jerome, English writer, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat

• 1772 - Novalis, German Romanticist philosopher, poet and novelist

• 1873 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, and translator

Deaths

• 1519 - Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, ...

• 1857 - Alfred de Musset, (December 11, 1810 - May 2, 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. De Musset was an important figure in the ...