Historical Events In 1857

Jun 26   62 receive Victoria Cross in the year 1857.  

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   In the year 1857 h Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jul 08   Rudolf Dellinger, composer in the year 1857.  

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

Jul 15   On this day in history carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66  

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

Jul 16   Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore on this day in history.  

Jul 18   In the year 1857 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   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   Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917) in the year 1857.  

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

Jul 27   In the year 1857 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) in the year 1857.  

Aug 01   Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Cecile Chaminade, composer in the year 1857.  

Aug 10   John Wilson Croker, politician on this day in history.  

Aug 12   In the year 1857 william Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies  

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)  

Jan 17   Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)  

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

Jan 27   In the year 1857 dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72  

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   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   On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies  

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