Historical Events In 1854

Aug 09   Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Aug 09   On this day in history henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"   

Aug 10   On this day in history j Scott Lidgett, London, theologist   

Aug 12   In the year 1854 alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith   

Aug 16   In the year 1854 duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies   

Aug 20   Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Aug 22   On this day in history milan I, King of Serbia   

Aug 23   Moritz Moszkowski, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 24   In the year 1854 national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

Aug 24   In the year 1854 nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

Aug 29   Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) on this day in history.   

Aug 30   John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels in the year 1854.   

Sep 01   Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) on this day in history.   

Sep 04   English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka in the year 1854.   

Sep 08   In the year 1854 willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File   

Sep 10   Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman) in the year 1854.   

Sep 14   Allied armies, including those of Britain & France, land in Crimea on this day in history.   

Sep 17   Hans Muller, music historian in the year 1854.   

Sep 19   Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car on this day in history.   

Sep 20   On this day in history battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died   

Sep 20   On this day in history british and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea   

Sep 23   On this day in history cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05)   

Sep 27   Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board on this day in history.   

Sep 27   The steamship liner Arctic sinks in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 300 people on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus) on this day in history.   

Sep 29   Martin Pluddemann, composer in the year 1854.   

Oct 01   The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing in the year 1854.   

Oct 03   William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever in the year 1854.   

Oct 04   In the year 1854 abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair   

Oct 04   On this day in history honest Abe Lincoln made his first great political speech while attending the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.   

Oct 06   In the year 1854 the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.   

Oct 07   Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek) on this day in history.   

Oct 09   the siege of Sebastopol begins on this day in history.   

Oct 10   In the year 1854 jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer   

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Jan 01   In the year 1854 birth of james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)   

Jan 06   In the year 1854 birth of sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)   

Jan 09   In the year 1854 birth of jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921)   

Jan 10   In the year 1854 birth of peter Gast, composer   

Jan 18   Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 29   On this day in history birth of willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian   

Feb 09   In the year 1854 birth of aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician   

Feb 09   Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party) was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 08   William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died in the year 1854.   

Jan 09   Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1854 juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies   

Feb 04   In the year 1854 carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66   

Feb 17   On this day in history hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71   

Mar 06   On this day in history caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80   

Mar 11   In the year 1854 death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)   

Apr 06   In the year 1854 william Strickland, US architect, dies