Historical Events In 1856

May 15   On this day in history 2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized  

May 15   Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) in the year 1856.  

May 19   Sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery on this day in history.  

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   Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1856.  

May 26   On this day in history george Templeton Strong, composer  

May 27   Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning in the year 1856.  

Jun 03   In the year 1856 cullen Whipple patents screw machine  

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 in the year 1856.  

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 in the year 1856.  

Jun 11   In the year 1856 friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76  

Jun 14   Andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain) on this day in history.  

Jun 15   David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73 in the year 1856.  

Jun 17   Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia on this day in history.  

Jun 17   In the year 1856 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   In the year 1856 henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)  

Jun 30   In the year 1856 gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers)  

Jul 04   Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jul 06   Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT on this day in history.  

Jul 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1856.  

Jul 15   On this day in history margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81  

Jul 15   On this day in history natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony  

Jul 15   Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony in the year 1856.  

Jul 15   Owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain) on this day in history.  

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Jan 06   In the year 1856 birth of giuseppe Martucci, composer  

Jan 09   Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) was born in the year 1856.  

Jan 09   Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears) was born in the year 1856.  

Jan 09   Stevan Mokranjac, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of john Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)  

Jan 14   In the year 1856 birth of j. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)  

Jan 18   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born in the year 1856.  

Jan 05   In the year 1856 pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67  

Jan 11   Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) died on this day in history.  

Jan 16   In the year 1856 death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)  

Jan 17   Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Jan 24   In the year 1856 death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)  

Feb 08   On this day in history death of agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)  

Feb 17   Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris on this day in history.