Historical Events In 1857

Sep 11   Mountain Meadows Massacre, Mormons dressed as Indians murder 120 colonists in Utah in the year 1857.  

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   On this day in history george H Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter/water colors painter  

Sep 13   Milton S Hershey, chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist on this day in history.  

Sep 15   The birth of William Taft, Former (27th) American President in the year 1857.  

Sep 15   In the year 1857 timothy Alder patents typesetting machine  

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

Sep 16   Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX) in the year 1857.  

Sep 16   In the year 1857 typesetting machine patent  

Sep 17   In the year 1857 konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research  

Sep 18   On this day in history karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer, dies at 72  

Sep 23   Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die on this day in history.  

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

Sep 29   Conrad T van Deventer, lawyer/2nd-Member of parliament in the year 1857.  

Sep 30   Hermann Sudermann, German writer (Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1857 henry Schoenfeld, composer  

Oct 05   The City of Anaheim was founded in the year 1857.  

Oct 06   American Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC) in the year 1857.  

Oct 06   American Chess Assn organized; First major US chess tournament (NYC) in the year 1857.  

Oct 10   American Chess Association formed (NYC) in the year 1857.  

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

Oct 14   In the year 1857 ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer, dies at 33  

Oct 24   World's 1st soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in England on this day in history.  

Oct 24   World's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., founded in England in the year 1857.  

Oct 29   In the year 1857 conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal)  

Oct 30   John H Aberson, 1st chancellor (Dutch Agricultural University) in the year 1857.  

Nov 02   Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (Babinski reflex) in the year 1857.  

Nov 03   Michail V Aleksejev, Russian general (WW I-chief of staff) on this day in history.  

Nov 05   Ida Tarbell, muckraker (Standard Oil was very unhappy) on this day in history.  

Nov 07   Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1857.  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)  

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   Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1857 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32  

Jan 27   On this day in history 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   In the year 1857 death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)  

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

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