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Historical Events Happened In 1859
Monday, 20 May 2013
Jan 05 1st steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 05 DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 05 On this day in history the first steamboat sails, Red River Share it »
Jan 06 On this day in history samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) Share it »
Jan 08 On this day in history antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 Share it »
Jan 09 Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 11 On this day in history [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) Share it »
Jan 13 Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 19 On this day in history alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) Share it »
Jan 20 B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 21 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 22 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 24 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 24 Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 27 Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history. Share it »
Jan 27 On this day in history wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918) Share it »
Feb 01 Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) on this day in history. Share it »
Feb 02 Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) on this day in history. Share it »
Feb 04 The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt on this day in history. Share it »
Feb 05 On this day in history wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities. Share it »
Feb 06 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history. Share it »
Feb 08 On this day in history john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop) Share it »
Feb 10 On this day in history gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny Share it »
Feb 10 General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny on this day in history. Share it »
Feb 13 On this day in history frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist Share it »
Feb 14 On this day in history george Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) Share it »
Feb 14 Oregon admitted as 33rd state on this day in history. Share it »
Feb 14 Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union on this day in history. Share it »
Feb 16 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 on this day in history. Share it »
Feb 17 On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli Share it »
Feb 18 Sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof) on this day in history. Share it »
Feb 19 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used on this day in history. Share it »
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 Share it »
Feb 19 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history. Share it »
