Historical Events In 1857
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Jan 02 Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) in the year 1857.
Jan 06 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn on this day in history.
Jan 06 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania on this day in history.
Jan 08 Dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
Jan 09 On this day in history 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon CA
Jan 09 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif in the year 1857.
Jan 09 Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) on this day in history.
Jan 11 In the year 1857 fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)
Jan 15 On this day in history 1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW v Vic at The Domain
Jan 15 The first first-class game in Sydney, New South Wales vs Victoria at The Domain in the year 1857.
Jan 17 Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) on this day in history.
Jan 18 On this day in history otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)
Jan 20 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.
Jan 22 National Association of Baseball Players founded, NY in the year 1857.
Jan 23 On this day in history andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)
Jan 24 The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia on this day in history.
Jan 27 Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 on this day in history.
Feb 02 In the year 1857 jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector
Feb 07 Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Feb 09 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education in the year 1857.
Feb 12 On this day in history bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)
Feb 14 In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.
Feb 16 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 in the year 1857.
Feb 16 Gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC) in the year 1857.
Feb 17 On this day in history samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher
Feb 18 Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo on this day in history.
Feb 18 In the year 1857 max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor
Feb 21 Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US on this day in history.
Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) on this day in history.
Feb 21 US issues flying eagle cents on this day in history.
Feb 22 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves on this day in history.
Feb 22 The birth of Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement in the year 1857.
Feb 24 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt on this day in history.