Historical Events In 1857

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 in the year 1857.  

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

Sep 12   George H Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter/water colors painter on this day in history.  

Sep 13   Milton S Hershey, chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist in the year 1857.  

Sep 15   The birth of William Taft, Former (27th) American President on this day in history.  

Sep 15   Timothy Alder patents typesetting machine on this day in history.  

Sep 15   On this day in history william Howard Taft, Cin, (R) 27th pres (1909-13), chief justice  

Sep 16   Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX) on this day in history.  

Sep 16   On this day in history typesetting machine patent  

Sep 17   Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research on this day in history.  

Sep 18   Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1857.  

Sep 23   Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die in the year 1857.  

Sep 25   In the year 1857 relief of Lucknow by Havelock & Outram begins  

Sep 29   Conrad T van Deventer, lawyer/2nd-Member of parliament on this day in history.  

Sep 30   Hermann Sudermann, German writer (Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge) in the year 1857.  

Sep 30   US occupies Sand, Baker, Howland & Jarvis Is south of Hawaii on this day in history.  

Sep 30   On this day in history uS occupies Sand, Baker, Howland and Jarvis Is. south of Hawaii  

Oct 02   Marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902) in the year 1857.  

Oct 04   On this day in history henry Schoenfeld, composer  

Oct 05   The City of Anaheim was founded on this day in history.  

Oct 06   In the year 1857 american Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC)  

Oct 06   On this day in history american Chess Assn organized; First major US chess tournament (NYC)  

Oct 10   In the year 1857 american Chess Association formed (NYC)  

Oct 14   On this day in history elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st US autos  

Oct 14   On this day in history ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer, dies at 33  

Oct 24   In the year 1857 world's 1st soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in England  

Oct 24   On this day in history world's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., founded in England  

Oct 29   On this day in history conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal)  

Oct 30   In the year 1857 john H Aberson, 1st chancellor (Dutch Agricultural University)  

Nov 02   Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (Babinski reflex) on this day in history.  

Nov 03   Michail V Aleksejev, Russian general (WW I-chief of staff) in the year 1857.  

Nov 05   On this day in history ida Tarbell, muckraker (Standard Oil was very unhappy)  

Nov 07   On this day in history charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer, dies at 62  

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

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   William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 09   In the year 1857 birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)  

Jan 11   Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born in the year 1857.  

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

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

Feb 09   Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died in the year 1857.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 16   On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77