Historical Events In 1854

Oct 10   US Assay Office in New York City, NY opens in the year 1854.  

Oct 10   US Assay Office in NY City, NY opens in the year 1854.  

Oct 12   On this day in history lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute  

Oct 16   In the year 1854 karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist  

Oct 16   The birth of Oscar Wilde, Irish born novelist and playwright in the year 1854.  

Oct 17   On this day in history miners burn down Eureka Hotel, Ballarat, after court dismisses murder charges against hotelier James Bentley, accused of kicking a young miner to death  

Oct 17   The Australian newspaper The Age, is published for the first time in Melbourne on this day in history.  

Oct 18   Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket) on this day in history.  

Oct 20   Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile) on this day in history.  

Oct 21   On this day in history florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War.  

Oct 22   J Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57 in the year 1854.  

Oct 23   The Times give precise British positions in Krim in the year 1854.  

Oct 24   On this day in history hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)  

Oct 25   Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die on this day in history.  

Oct 25   The Charge of the Light Brigade takes place during the Crimean War on this day in history.  

Oct 25   The infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' takes place at Balaklava,during the Crimean War in the year 1854.  

Oct 26   August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam) in the year 1854.  

Oct 28   On this day in history james P Carrell, composer, dies at 67  

Oct 31   On this day in history georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)  

Nov 02   Cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts in the year 1854.  

Nov 04   Lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island in the year 1854.  

Nov 04   In the year 1854 lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island  

Nov 05   On this day in history ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann  

Nov 05   On this day in history crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000  

Nov 06   John Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever) on this day in history.  

Nov 06   The birth of John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor in the year 1854.  

Nov 09   In the year 1854 franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres  

Nov 09   On this day in history joseph Miroslav Weber, composer  

Nov 13   On this day in history "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300  

Nov 13   George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke) on this day in history.  

Nov 13   In the year 1854 the ship "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300  

Nov 15   In the year 1854 in Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.  

Nov 16   In the year 1854 jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician  

Nov 17   On this day in history louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)  

Jan 06   Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1854 birth of peter Gast, composer  

Jan 18   Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) was born in the year 1854.  

Jan 29   Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian was born on this day in history.  

Feb 09   In the year 1854 birth of aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician  

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)  

Jan 08   In the year 1854 death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)  

Jan 09   On this day in history filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77  

Jan 18   Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 04   On this day in history carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66  

Feb 17   In the year 1854 hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71  

Mar 06   Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 11   On this day in history death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)  

Apr 06   William Strickland, US architect, dies in the year 1854.