Historical Events In 1854

Oct 10   US Assay Office in New York City, NY opens on this day in history.  

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

Oct 12   Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute in the year 1854.  

Oct 16   Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist in the year 1854.  

Oct 16   In the year 1854 the birth of Oscar Wilde, Irish born novelist and playwright  

Oct 17   Miners burn down Eureka Hotel, Ballarat, after court dismisses murder charges against hotelier James Bentley, accused of kicking a young miner to death in the year 1854.  

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

Oct 18   On this day in history bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)  

Oct 20   In the year 1854 alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile)  

Oct 21   In the year 1854 florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War.  

Oct 22   In the year 1854 j Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57  

Oct 23   The Times give precise British positions in Krim on this day in history.  

Oct 24   Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte) in the year 1854.  

Oct 25   On this day in history charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die  

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

Oct 25   On this day in history the infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' takes place at Balaklava,during the Crimean War  

Oct 26   On this day in history august T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam)  

Oct 28   James P Carrell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Oct 31   Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 04   Lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island on this day in history.  

Nov 04   In the year 1854 lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island  

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

Nov 05   Crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000 in the year 1854.  

Nov 06   On this day in history john Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever)  

Nov 06   The birth of John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor on this day in history.  

Nov 09   Franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres on this day in history.  

Nov 09   In the year 1854 joseph Miroslav Weber, composer  

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

Nov 13   On this day in history george Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke)  

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

Nov 15   In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession on this day in history.  

Nov 16   Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician on this day in history.  

Nov 17   Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17) in the year 1854.  

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Jan 01   James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) was born in the year 1854.  

Jan 06   Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle) was born in the year 1854.  

Jan 09   In the year 1854 birth of jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921)  

Jan 10   Peter Gast, composer was born in the year 1854.  

Jan 18   Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 29   On this day in history birth of willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian  

Feb 09   Aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician was born on this day in history.  

Feb 09   In the year 1854 birth of edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)  

Jan 08   William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 18   In the year 1854 juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies  

Feb 04   In the year 1854 carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66  

Feb 17   Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 in the year 1854.  

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

Mar 11   Willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804) died in the year 1854.  

Apr 06   William Strickland, US architect, dies on this day in history.