Historical Events In 1859
Monday, 15 August 2022
Jan 05 On this day in history 1st steamboat sails, Red River
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 On this day in history samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)
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 In the year 1859 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)
Jan 13 In the year 1859 karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)
Jan 19 In the year 1859 alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)
Jan 20 In the year 1859 b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73
Jan 21 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer in the year 1859.
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 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) in the year 1859.
Feb 01 Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) in the year 1859.
Feb 02 Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) on this day in history.
Feb 04 In the year 1859 the Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
Feb 05 Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities in the year 1859.
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 in the year 1859.
Feb 13 On this day in history frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
Feb 14 George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) on this day in history.
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 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 In the year 1859 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli
Feb 18 On this day in history sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)
Feb 19 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used in the year 1859.
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.