Historical Events In 1857

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

Jun 29   On this day in history battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British)  

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   On this day in history rudolf Dellinger, composer  

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

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

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

Jul 15   In the year 1857 carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66  

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

Jul 16   Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore in the year 1857.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 08   In the year 1857 cecile Chaminade, composer  

Aug 10   In the year 1857 john Wilson Croker, politician  

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

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

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

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

Sep 11   On this day in history mountain Meadows Massacre, Mormons dressed as Indians murder 120 colonists in Utah  

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

Sep 12   On this day in history 423 die when the ship named "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC  

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Jan 02   Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born in the year 1857.  

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 in the year 1857.  

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 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 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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