Page 5: Historical Events In 1854
Thursday, 19 June 2025
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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