Historical Events In 1859
Sunday, 18 April 2021
Jan 05 1st steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.
Jan 05 On this day in history deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)
Jan 05 On this day in history the first steamboat sails, Red River
Jan 06 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) in the year 1859.
Jan 08 In the year 1859 antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
Jan 09 In the year 1859 carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader
Jan 11 In the year 1859 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)
Jan 13 Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) in the year 1859.
Jan 19 Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) on this day in history.
Jan 20 B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
Jan 21 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer on this day in history.
Jan 22 In the year 1859 brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover
Jan 24 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer in the year 1859.
Jan 24 Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler in the year 1859.
Jan 27 Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history.
Jan 27 Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918) on this day in history.
Feb 01 In the year 1859 victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)
Feb 02 Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) in the year 1859.
Feb 04 On this day in history the Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
Feb 05 Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities on this day in history.
Feb 06 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
Feb 08 John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop) on this day in history.
Feb 10 In the year 1859 gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
Feb 10 General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny in the year 1859.
Feb 13 On this day in history frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
Feb 14 On this day in history george Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)
Feb 14 On this day in history oregon admitted as 33rd state
Feb 14 Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union on this day in history.
Feb 16 In the year 1859 the French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch.
Feb 17 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli on this day in history.
Feb 18 On this day in history sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)
Feb 19 On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used
Feb 19 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used on this day in history.
Feb 19 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.