Historical Events In 1854

Oct 10   In the year 1854 uS Assay Office in NY City, NY opens  

Oct 12   Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute on this day in history.  

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

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

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   Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile) in the year 1854.  

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

Oct 22   J Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Oct 23   On this day in history the Times give precise British positions in Krim  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 26   In the year 1854 august T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam)  

Oct 28   James P Carrell, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1854.  

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

Nov 02   On this day in history cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts  

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

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

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

Nov 05   In the year 1854 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   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer in the year 1854.  

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

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

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) on this day in history.  

Nov 19   Alberich Zwyssig, composer, dies at 46 in the year 1854.  

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Jan 01   James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history 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 in the year 1854.  

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   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 in the year 1854.  

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

Feb 17   On this day in history hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71  

Mar 06   In the year 1854 caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80  

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

Apr 06   In the year 1854 william Strickland, US architect, dies