Historical Events In 1856
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
May 15 2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized in the year 1856.
May 15 Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) in the year 1856.
May 19 On this day in history sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery
May 19 Senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery on this day in history.
May 20 In the year 1856 henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter
May 21 On this day in history lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
May 21 On this day in history lawrence KS captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
May 22 Violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner on this day in history.
May 22 In the year 1856 violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner
May 24 Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas on this day in history.
May 26 George Templeton Strong, composer in the year 1856.
May 27 In the year 1856 doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning
Jun 03 Cullen Whipple patents screw machine on this day in history.
Jun 03 Opening of Windsor Branch Railway from Windsor to Windsor Jc., N.S. by Nova Scotia government. This was the oldest constituent of the Dominion Atlantic Railway on this day in history.
Jun 08 On this day in history natalia Janotha, composer
Jun 08 Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island on this day in history.
Jun 09 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts in the year 1856.
Jun 11 Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76 on this day in history.
Jun 14 On this day in history andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)
Jun 15 David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73 in the year 1856.
Jun 17 In the year 1856 republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia
Jun 17 On this day in history republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia
Jun 19 Elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia) on this day in history.
Jun 22 On this day in history henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)
Jun 30 Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers) on this day in history.
Jul 04 In the year 1856 istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64
Jul 06 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT on this day in history.
Jul 07 In the year 1856 george Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England)
Jul 09 In the year 1856 daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum)
Jul 10 Nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil on this day in history.
Jul 15 In the year 1856 margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81
Jul 15 Natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony in the year 1856.
Jul 15 On this day in history natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony
Jul 15 Owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain) on this day in history.
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