Historical Events In 1856
Saturday, 10 April 2021
May 15 On this day in history 2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized
May 15 In the year 1856 lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)
May 19 On this day in history sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery
May 19 On this day in history senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery
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 In the year 1856 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 Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner in the year 1856.
May 24 Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas on this day in history.
May 26 On this day in history george Templeton Strong, composer
May 27 On this day in history doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning
Jun 03 Cullen Whipple patents screw machine in the year 1856.
Jun 03 In the year 1856 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.
Jun 08 Natalia Janotha, composer on this day in history.
Jun 08 On this day in history pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island
Jun 09 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts on this day in history.
Jun 11 In the year 1856 friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76
Jun 14 In the year 1856 andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)
Jun 15 On this day in history david Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73
Jun 17 In the year 1856 republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia
Jun 17 In the year 1856 republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia
Jun 19 In the year 1856 elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia)
Jun 22 Henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn) in the year 1856.
Jun 30 Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers) in the year 1856.
Jul 04 Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64 in the year 1856.
Jul 06 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT in the year 1856.
Jul 07 George Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England) on this day in history.
Jul 09 Daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum) in the year 1856.
Jul 10 Nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil on this day in history.
Jul 15 On this day in history margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81
Jul 15 In the year 1856 natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony
Jul 15 Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony on this day in history.
Jul 15 On this day in history owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain)
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