Historical Events In 1857

Jun 26   In the year 1857 62 receive Victoria Cross   

Jun 26   Off Cap Rouge Quebec, the Steamer Montreal catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes in the St. Lawrence; left Quebec City at 5 pm a day earlier; 253 lives lost, mostly Scottish immigrants on their way to the west in the year 1857.   

Jun 27   In the year 1857 h Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia   

Jun 28   Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1857.   

Jun 29   Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) in the year 1857.   

Jul 01   On this day in history roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants)   

Jul 02   In the year 1857 francesco Spetrino, composer   

Jul 05   Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist in the year 1857.   

Jul 08   Rudolf Dellinger, composer in the year 1857.   

Jul 09   In the year 1857 frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18)   

Jul 11   Alfred Binet, French child psychologist in the year 1857.   

Jul 14   Maytag, inventor (washing machine) in the year 1857.   

Jul 15   On this day in history carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66   

Jul 16   Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore on this day in history.   

Jul 18   On this day in history louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.   

Jul 21   In the year 1857 a S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer   

Jul 23   French [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years) in the year 1857.   

Jul 24   In the year 1857 henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917)   

Jul 25   On this day in history joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54   

Jul 27   Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator in the year 1857.   

Jul 29   Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899) on this day in history.   

Aug 01   Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 08   In the year 1857 cecile Chaminade, composer   

Aug 10   In the year 1857 john Wilson Croker, politician   

Aug 12   William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 21   In the year 1857 first book published by an Australian female author Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.   

Aug 21   On this day in history first book published by an Australian female author: Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.   

Aug 21   In the year 1857 in one of Australia's worst maritime disasters, 121 people drown when the Dunbar sinks off Sydney Heads;   

Aug 24   The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history in the year 1857.   

Aug 24   On this day in history thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia   

Sep 03   In the year 1857 m Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77   

Sep 10   In the year 1857 james E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn)   

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Jan 02   Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)   

Jan 20   In the year 1857 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65   

Feb 09   On this day in history death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)   

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

Feb 14   Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1857 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

Feb 16   Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.