Historical Events In 1854

Aug 09   In the year 1854 henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"  

Aug 10   On this day in history j Scott Lidgett, London, theologist  

Aug 12   Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith on this day in history.  

Aug 16   Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies in the year 1854.  

Aug 20   In the year 1854 friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79  

Aug 22   Milan I, King of Serbia on this day in history.  

Aug 23   Moritz Moszkowski, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 24   National emigration convention meets in Cleveland in the year 1854.  

Aug 24   Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) in the year 1854.  

Aug 30   John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels on this day in history.  

Sep 01   In the year 1854 engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal)  

Sep 04   English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File in the year 1854.  

Sep 10   On this day in history anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman)  

Sep 14   Allied armies, including those of Britain & France, land in Crimea in the year 1854.  

Sep 17   In the year 1854 hans Muller, music historian  

Sep 19   Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car in the year 1854.  

Sep 20   In the year 1854 battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died  

Sep 20   British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea in the year 1854.  

Sep 23   Cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05) in the year 1854.  

Sep 27   In the year 1854 steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board  

Sep 27   On this day in history the steamship liner Arctic sinks in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 300 people  

Sep 28   On this day in history adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)  

Sep 29   Martin Pluddemann, composer in the year 1854.  

Oct 01   The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing on this day in history.  

Oct 03   William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever on this day in history.  

Oct 04   Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair on this day in history.  

Oct 04   On this day in history honest Abe Lincoln made his first great political speech while attending the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.  

Oct 06   The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured in the year 1854.  

Oct 07   On this day in history christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek)  

Oct 09   the siege of Sebastopol begins in the year 1854.  

Oct 10   On this day in history jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer  

Oct 10   US Assay Office in New York City, NY opens on this day in history.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

Jan 01   James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921)  

Jan 10   Peter Gast, composer was born in the year 1854.  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone)  

Jan 29   Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian was born on this day in history.  

Feb 09   In the year 1854 birth of aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician  

Feb 09   Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party) was born in the year 1854.  

Jan 08   In the year 1854 death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)  

Jan 09   In the year 1854 filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77  

Jan 18   Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies in the year 1854.  

Feb 04   In the year 1854 carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66  

Feb 17   Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 06   Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 11   On this day in history death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)  

Apr 06   William Strickland, US architect, dies on this day in history.