Historical Events In 1854

Aug 09   On this day in history henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"  

Aug 10   In the year 1854 j Scott Lidgett, London, theologist  

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   Milan I, King of Serbia in the year 1854.  

Aug 23   In the year 1854 moritz Moszkowski, composer  

Aug 24   In the year 1854 national emigration convention meets in Cleveland  

Aug 24   In the year 1854 nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer  

Aug 29   Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) on this day in history.  

Aug 30   In the year 1854 john Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels  

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

Sep 04   On this day in history english/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka  

Sep 08   In the year 1854 willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File  

Sep 10   Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman) in the year 1854.  

Sep 14   On this day in history allied armies, including those of Britain & France, land in Crimea  

Sep 17   Hans Muller, music historian in the year 1854.  

Sep 19   Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car on this day in history.  

Sep 20   Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died in the year 1854.  

Sep 20   In the year 1854 british and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea  

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

Sep 27   On this day in history steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board  

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

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

Sep 29   On this day in history martin Pluddemann, composer  

Oct 01   In the year 1854 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.  

Oct 03   On this day in history william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever  

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

Oct 04   In the year 1854 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Oct 10   US Assay Office in New York City, NY opens in the year 1854.  

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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 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   Peter Gast, composer was born in the year 1854.  

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

Jan 29   Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian was born in the year 1854.  

Feb 09   On this day in history 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   William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 in the year 1854.  

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

Feb 04   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1854.  

Feb 17   On this day in history hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71  

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 in the year 1854.