Historical Events In 1857

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

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   Francesco Spetrino, composer in the year 1857.  

Jul 05   On this day in history clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist  

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

Jul 09   Frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18) on this day in history.  

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

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   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   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   On this day in history french [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years)  

Jul 24   In the year 1857 henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917)  

Jul 25   In the year 1857 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   On this day in history thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899)  

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   On this day in history william Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 24   In the year 1857 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 on this day in history.  

Sep 10   James E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn) in the year 1857.  

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

Sep 12   In the year 1857 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC  

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)  

Jan 11   In the year 1857 birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)  

Jan 17   Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 07   Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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