Page 5: Historical Events In 1854

Aug 09   Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Aug 09   Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden" in the year 1854.   

Aug 10   J Scott Lidgett, London, theologist on this day in history.   

Aug 12   On this day in history alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith   

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

Aug 20   On this day in history friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79   

Aug 22   In the year 1854 milan I, King of Serbia   

Aug 23   On this day in history moritz Moszkowski, composer   

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

Aug 24   In the year 1854 nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

Aug 29   In the year 1854 self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)   

Aug 30   On this day in history john Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels   

Sep 01   Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) on this day in history.   

Sep 04   English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka in the year 1854.   

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   On this day in history allied armies, including those of Britain & France, land in Crimea   

Sep 17   Hans Muller, music historian on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 23   On this day in history cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05)   

Sep 27   Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board in the year 1854.   

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

Sep 28   In the year 1854 adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)   

Sep 29   On this day in history martin Pluddemann, composer   

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 in the year 1854.   

Oct 04   Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair in the year 1854.   

Oct 04   Honest Abe Lincoln made his first great political speech while attending the Illinois State Fair in Springfield in the year 1854.   

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

Oct 07   In the year 1854 christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek)   

Oct 09   the siege of Sebastopol begins on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer in the year 1854.   

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Jan 01   James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 06   Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle) was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 09   Jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1854 birth of peter Gast, composer   

Jan 18   Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 29   On this day in history birth of willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian   

Feb 09   Aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician was born in the year 1854.   

Feb 09   Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77   

Jan 18   On this day in history juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies   

Feb 04   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   In the year 1854 hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71   

Mar 06   Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 in the year 1854.   

Mar 11   Willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804) died in the year 1854.   

Apr 06   In the year 1854 william Strickland, US architect, dies