Historical Events In 1854

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

Oct 12   In the year 1854 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 on this day in history.  

Oct 17   In the year 1854 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 in the year 1854.  

Oct 18   In the year 1854 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   Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War on this day in history.  

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

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

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   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 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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1854 ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann  

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 in the year 1854.  

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   In the year 1854 george Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke)  

Nov 13   In the year 1854 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 in the year 1854.  

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

Nov 19   Alberich Zwyssig, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 29   In the year 1854 birth of willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian  

Feb 09   On this day in history 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   On this day in history juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies  

Feb 04   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1854.  

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

Mar 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history william Strickland, US architect, dies