Historical Events In 1857

Feb 22   On this day in history heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves  

Feb 22   The birth of Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement on this day in history.  

Feb 24   1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt in the year 1857.  

Feb 24   First perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government on this day in history.  

Feb 24   Los Angeles Vineyard Society organized on this day in history.  

Feb 26   On this day in history emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)  

Feb 26   On this day in history ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88  

Feb 28   In the year 1857 gustave Adolph Kerker, composer  

Mar 03   In the year 1857 alfred Bruneau, composer  

Mar 03   Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China in the year 1857.  

Mar 06   In the year 1857 dred Scott Decision Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens  

Mar 06   Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens in the year 1857.  

Mar 06   The US Supreme Court rules that slave Dred Scott cannot sue for his freedom in federal court on this day in history.  

Mar 07   Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs on this day in history.  

Mar 07   On this day in history julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)  

Mar 11   Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84 in the year 1857.  

Mar 12   On this day in history a Great Western Railway train breaks an axle while crossing a swing bridge and plunges into the Desjardins Canal near Hamilton. 59 people are killed.  

Mar 12   On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice  

Mar 17   Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1857.  

Mar 21   On this day in history abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64  

Mar 21   In the year 1857 earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die  

Mar 22   In the year 1857 arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)  

Mar 23   In the year 1857 elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)  

Mar 23   On this day in history elisha Otis' first elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)  

Mar 23   On this day in history fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)  

Mar 25   Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse in the year 1857.  

Mar 25   On this day in history frederick Laggenheim takes first photo of a solar eclipse  

Mar 27   On this day in history karl Pearson, London England, mathematician  

Apr 01   Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man in the year 1857.  

Apr 05   In the year 1857 alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)  

Apr 10   On this day in history henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker  

Apr 12   On this day in history gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published  

Apr 14   In the year 1857 edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)  

Apr 15   N R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne in the year 1857.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)  

Jan 02   In the year 1857 birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)  

Jan 06   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 06   William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1857 birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)  

Jan 11   In the year 1857 birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)  

Jan 17   Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.  

Jan 27   Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 in the year 1857.  

Feb 07   In the year 1857 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65  

Feb 09   Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

Feb 10   In the year 1857 death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)  

Feb 14   In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56  

Feb 15   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 16   In the year 1857 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77