Historical Events In 1857

Jun 26   On this day in history 62 receive Victoria Cross  

Jun 26   On this day in history off Cap Rouge Quebec, the Steamer Montreal catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes in the St. Lawrence; left Quebec City at 5 pm a day earlier; 253 lives lost, mostly Scottish immigrants on their way to the west.  

Jun 27   On this day in history h Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia  

Jun 28   Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1857.  

Jun 29   Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) on this day in history.  

Jul 01   In the year 1857 roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants)  

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

Jul 05   Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist in the year 1857.  

Jul 08   In the year 1857 rudolf Dellinger, composer  

Jul 09   Frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18) in the year 1857.  

Jul 11   In the year 1857 alfred Binet, French child psychologist  

Jul 14   On this day in history maytag, inventor (washing machine)  

Jul 15   Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jul 16   Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies in the year 1857.  

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

Jul 18   Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French in the year 1857.  

Jul 21   In the year 1857 a S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 27   Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator in the year 1857.  

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

Jul 30   On this day in history thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899)  

Aug 01   In the year 1857 charles Turner, engraver, dies  

Aug 08   Cecile Chaminade, composer in the year 1857.  

Aug 10   On this day in history john Wilson Croker, politician  

Aug 12   William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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 in the year 1857.  

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

Sep 03   On this day in history m Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77  

Sep 10   In the year 1857 james E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn)  

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

Jan 02   Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born in the year 1857.  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1857 birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)  

Jan 09   Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born in the year 1857.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 27   Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 in the year 1857.  

Feb 07   Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 in the year 1857.  

Feb 09   In the year 1857 death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)  

Feb 10   David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died on this day in history.  

Feb 14   In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56  

Feb 15   In the year 1857 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies  

Feb 16   Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.