Historical Events In 1859
Saturday, 27 April 2024
Jan 05 1st steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.
Jan 05 DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) in the year 1859.
Jan 05 The first steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.
Jan 06 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) in the year 1859.
Jan 08 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.
Jan 09 In the year 1859 carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader
Jan 11 On this day in history [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)
Jan 13 Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) in the year 1859.
Jan 19 Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) on this day in history.
Jan 20 B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 in the year 1859.
Jan 21 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer on this day in history.
Jan 22 In the year 1859 brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover
Jan 24 In the year 1859 alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer
Jan 24 Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler in the year 1859.
Jan 27 Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history.
Jan 27 On this day in history wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)
Feb 01 Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) in the year 1859.
Feb 02 Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) in the year 1859.
Feb 04 The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt on this day in history.
Feb 05 In the year 1859 wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities.
Feb 06 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
Feb 08 John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop) on this day in history.
Feb 10 Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny in the year 1859.
Feb 10 On this day in history general Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
Feb 13 In the year 1859 frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
Feb 14 In the year 1859 george Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)
Feb 14 Oregon admitted as 33rd state on this day in history.
Feb 14 Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union on this day in history.
Feb 16 On this day in history the French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch.
Feb 17 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli on this day in history.
Feb 18 On this day in history sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)
Feb 19 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used in the year 1859.
Feb 19 On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used
Feb 19 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.