Historical Events In 1859

Jan 05   1st steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.  

Jan 05   DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) on this day in history.  

Jan 05   The first steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.  

Jan 06   Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) in the year 1859.  

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader in the year 1859.  

Jan 11   [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) in the year 1859.  

Jan 19   On this day in history alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)  

Jan 20   On this day in history b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73  

Jan 21   In the year 1859 antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer  

Jan 22   Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover on this day in history.  

Jan 24   In the year 1859 alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer  

Jan 24   In the year 1859 political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.  

Jan 27   On this day in history carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74  

Jan 27   In the year 1859 wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)  

Feb 01   Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) in the year 1859.  

Feb 02   On this day in history havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)  

Feb 04   On this day in history the Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.  

Feb 05   In the year 1859 wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities.  

Feb 06   On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45  

Feb 08   In the year 1859 john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)  

Feb 10   Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny on this day in history.  

Feb 10   General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny on this day in history.  

Feb 13   Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist on this day in history.  

Feb 14   In the year 1859 george Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)  

Feb 14   On this day in history oregon admitted as 33rd state  

Feb 14   In the year 1859 oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union.  

Feb 16   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 on this day in history.  

Feb 17   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli on this day in history.  

Feb 18   In the year 1859 sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)  

Feb 19   In the year 1859 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   In the year 1859 svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)  

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Jan 05   In the year 1859 birth of deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)  

Jan 06   Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1859 birth of carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader  

Jan 09   In the year 1859 birth of carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)  

Jan 09   Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)  

Jan 13   In the year 1859 birth of kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)  

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 27   On this day in history carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74  

Jan 28   On this day in history death of frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)  

Feb 06   In the year 1859 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45  

Feb 23   Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died on this day in history.  

Feb 26   Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1859.  

Mar 01   Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1859.