Historical Events In 1857

Jun 28   Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Jun 29   Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) in the year 1857.  

Jul 01   Roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants) in the year 1857.  

Jul 02   Francesco Spetrino, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 05   Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist on this day in history.  

Jul 08   On this day in history rudolf Dellinger, composer  

Jul 09   In the year 1857 frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18)  

Jul 11   Alfred Binet, French child psychologist on this day in history.  

Jul 14   In the year 1857 maytag, inventor (washing machine)  

Jul 15   Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66 in the year 1857.  

Jul 16   In the year 1857 pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies  

Jul 16   On this day in history sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore  

Jul 18   On this day in history louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.  

Jul 21   A S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer on this day in history.  

Jul 23   French [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years) on this day in history.  

Jul 24   On this day in history henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917)  

Jul 25   Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1857.  

Jul 27   On this day in history ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator  

Jul 29   Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899) on this day in history.  

Aug 01   On this day in history charles Turner, engraver, dies  

Aug 08   Cecile Chaminade, composer in the year 1857.  

Aug 10   John Wilson Croker, politician in the year 1857.  

Aug 12   William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies in the year 1857.  

Aug 21   On this day in history first book published by an Australian female author Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.  

Aug 21   First book published by an Australian female author: Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson in the year 1857.  

Aug 21   In one of Australia's worst maritime disasters, 121 people drown when the Dunbar sinks off Sydney Heads; on this day in history.  

Aug 24   The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history on this day in history.  

Aug 24   On this day in history thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia  

Sep 03   M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77 in the year 1857.  

Sep 10   On this day in history james E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn)  

Sep 11   Mountain Meadows Massacre, Mormons dressed as Indians murder 120 colonists in Utah on this day in history.  

Sep 12   423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC on this day in history.  

Sep 12   423 die when the ship named "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC in the year 1857.  

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Jan 02   Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1857 birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)  

Jan 06   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1857 birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)  

Jan 11   Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 17   In the year 1857 birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)  

Jan 17   Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.  

Jan 27   On this day in history dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72  

Feb 07   In the year 1857 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65  

Feb 09   Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died in the year 1857.  

Feb 10   David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died in the year 1857.  

Feb 14   Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 in the year 1857.  

Feb 15   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.  

Feb 16   On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77