Historical Events In 1859

Oct 20   G B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England) on this day in history.   

Oct 22   On this day in history louis (Ludwig) Spohr, composer (Faust), dies at 75   

Oct 25   Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die in the year 1859.   

Oct 25   Stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers) in the year 1859.   

Oct 26   Arthur Friedheim, composer in the year 1859.   

Oct 26   The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead in the year 1859.   

Oct 29   In the year 1859 charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)   

Oct 29   Spain declares war on Morocco in the year 1859.   

Nov 01   Charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC) in the year 1859.   

Nov 01   The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse was lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions on this day in history.   

Nov 04   On this day in history stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer   

Nov 07   In the year 1859 carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61   

Nov 12   Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name on this day in history.   

Nov 12   On this day in history jules Leotard performs first Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name   

Nov 16   Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow on this day in history.   

Nov 17   Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer in the year 1859.   

Nov 19   Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody) in the year 1859.   

Nov 22   On this day in history ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist/composer (Faust), dies at 75   

Nov 23   Billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born in the year 1859.   

Nov 23   In the year 1859 billy the Kid, [William H Bonney], NYC, criminal   

Nov 23   The birth of Billy The Kid, Born William Bonny; legendary US outlaw on this day in history.   

Nov 24   Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" in the year 1859.   

Nov 26   Last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round in the year 1859.   

Nov 28   Washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies in the year 1859.   

Nov 30   Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer in the year 1859.   

Dec 02   In the year 1859 abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV.   

Dec 02   Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte) on this day in history.   

Dec 02   John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 in the year 1859.   

Dec 02   On this day in history the birth of Georges Seurat, French painter   

Dec 05   Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Dec 05   Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Dec 09   In the year 1859 algernon Ashton, composer   

Dec 12   Edward Bradley, horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners) in the year 1859.   

Dec 12   First train operated over the Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The first passenger train crossed the structure on December 17, 1859 and it was formally opened by the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII, on August 25, 1860. The original structure was a single-track iron tubular bridge. The tube, when first constructed, was entirely enclosed and there were ventilation problems. Later a slit 20" wide was cut in the tube the full length of the bridge to permit the emission of smoke on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   In the year 1859 birth of deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 06   In the year 1859 birth of samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 birth of carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 birth of frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries)   

Jan 11   [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)   

Jan 13   Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 27   Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 in the year 1859.   

Jan 28   Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) died on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1859 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

Feb 23   Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died in the year 1859.   

Feb 26   Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1859.