Historical Events In 1856

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

May 15   Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) on this day in history.  

May 19   In the year 1856 sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery  

May 19   In the year 1856 senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery  

May 20   On this day in history 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   On this day in history violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner  

May 22   Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner on this day in history.  

May 24   In the year 1856 pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas  

May 26   In the year 1856 george Templeton Strong, composer  

May 27   In the year 1856 doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 08   Natalia Janotha, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 08   Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island in the year 1856.  

Jun 09   In the year 1856 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.  

Jun 11   Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76 in the year 1856.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia) in the year 1856.  

Jun 22   Henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn) on this day in history.  

Jun 30   Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers) on this day in history.  

Jul 04   On this day in history istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64  

Jul 06   In the year 1856 edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT  

Jul 07   George Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England) in the year 1856.  

Jul 09   Daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum) on this day in history.  

Jul 10   In the year 1856 nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil  

Jul 15   Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 in the year 1856.  

Jul 15   Natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1856 birth of anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)  

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears)  

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer  

Jan 11   In the year 1856 birth of christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer  

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

Jan 14   J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919) was born in the year 1856.  

Jan 18   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 in the year 1856.  

Jan 11   Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] in the year 1856.  

Jan 12   In the year 1856 death of Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)  

Jan 16   On this day in history death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)  

Jan 17   Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1856.  

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 in the year 1856.