Historical Events In 1856

Feb 29   Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease on this day in history.   

Mar 01   In the year 1856 florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw)   

Mar 05   Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire in the year 1856.   

Mar 05   Georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads in the year 1856.   

Mar 07   Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne) in the year 1856.   

Mar 09   On this day in history sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama   

Mar 16   In the year 1856 e Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince   

Mar 20   On this day in history frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management   

Mar 25   A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine in the year 1856.   

Mar 26   David Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda in the year 1856.   

Mar 26   On this day in history new South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won   

Mar 26   NSW's 1st 1st-class game, v Victoria at Melbourne NSW won in the year 1856.   

Mar 28   Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1856.   

Mar 30   Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War in the year 1856.   

Apr 03   Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos in the year 1856.   

Apr 05   Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp) on this day in history.   

Apr 10   In the year 1856 the Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University.   

Apr 11   In the year 1856 arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent)   

Apr 11   On this day in history battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans   

Apr 12   William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen) in the year 1856.   

Apr 18   In the year 1856 russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns   

Apr 21   The first rail train to pass over the mighty Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, IL made its journey across a newly completed bridge between the two rail centers on this day in history.   

Apr 21   In the year 1856 the first railroad bridge across Mississippi completed   

Apr 22   [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans) in the year 1856.   

Apr 24   Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) on this day in history.   

Apr 29   In the year 1856 peace between England & Russia   

May 03   Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27 in the year 1856.   

May 06   Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) in the year 1856.   

May 06   The birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer in the year 1856.   

May 06   In the year 1856 the birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist   

May 06   William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies in the year 1856.   

May 07   In the year 1856 argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact   

May 13   In the year 1856 peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art   

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Jan 06   In the year 1856 birth of giuseppe Martucci, composer   

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)   

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears)   

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer   

Jan 12   In the year 1856 birth of john Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)   

Jan 14   In the year 1856 birth of j. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)   

Jan 18   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1856 nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]   

Jan 12   Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died in the year 1856.   

Jan 17   Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1856.   

Jan 24   In the year 1856 death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)   

Feb 08   In the year 1856 death of agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)   

Feb 17   On this day in history heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris