Page 6: Historical Events In 1853

Dec 21   Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter).   

Dec 22   Maria Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor.   

Dec 23   Giacomo Puccini, Italy, composer   

Dec 30   A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.   

Dec 30   Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer.   

Dec 30   Gadsden Purchase 45000 mi (120000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million. Area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico   

Dec 30   The US purchases 30000 square miles of land from Mexico in what is now southern New Mexico and Arizona. The Gadsden Purchase cost the US $10 million.   

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Jan 01   Hans koessler: Composer   

Jan 03   Iwan knorr: Composer   

Jan 07   Nikolai arkas: Composer   

Jan 11   Gustav falke: German author/poet (der mann im nebel)   

Jan 11   Georgios jakobides: Greek painter    

Jan 12   Gregorio ricci-curbastro: Italian mathematician (tensor analysis)   

Jan 16   Andre michelin: France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (michelin)   

Jan 16   Johnston forbes-robertson: English actor/theater director (kathleen)   

Jan 01   Gregory blaxland: Australian explorer (b. 1778)   

Jan 03   Theodor uhlig: Composer,   

Jan 09   Juan n gallego: Spanish poet/interpreter (el dos de mayo),    

Jan 13   Theophilos kairis: Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783)   

Mar 04   Christian leopold von buch: German geologist (b. 1774)   

Mar 05   Georg a kestner: German art collector/diplomat,   

Mar 17   Christian doppler: Physicist,   

Apr 08   Jan w pieneman: Historical painter (battle at waterloo),