Historical Events In 1857

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

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   In the year 1857 francesco Spetrino, composer  

Jul 05   In the year 1857 clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist  

Jul 08   Rudolf Dellinger, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 09   On this day in history frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18)  

Jul 11   Alfred Binet, French child psychologist in the year 1857.  

Jul 14   Maytag, inventor (washing machine) in the year 1857.  

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

Jul 16   Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 16   In the year 1857 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   On this day in history a S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer  

Jul 23   French [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years) in the year 1857.  

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

Jul 25   On this day in history joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54  

Jul 27   In the year 1857 ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator  

Jul 29   In the year 1857 charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54  

Jul 30   Thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899) in the year 1857.  

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 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   In the year 1857 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; in the year 1857.  

Aug 24   In the year 1857 the Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.  

Aug 24   Thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia in the year 1857.  

Sep 03   In the year 1857 m Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77  

Sep 10   James E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)  

Jan 11   Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 07   On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65  

Feb 09   On this day in history death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)  

Feb 10   In the year 1857 death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)  

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

Feb 15   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 16   In the year 1857 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77