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

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

Aug 12   Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith in the year 1854.   

Aug 16   Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 in the year 1854.   

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

Aug 23   On this day in history moritz Moszkowski, composer   

Aug 24   National emigration convention meets in Cleveland on this day in history.   

Aug 24   In the year 1854 nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

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

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

Sep 01   On this day in history engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal)   

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

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   On this day in history hans Muller, music historian   

Sep 19   In the year 1854 henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car   

Sep 20   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 28   Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus) in the year 1854.   

Sep 29   In the year 1854 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   In the year 1854 william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever   

Oct 04   In the year 1854 abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair   

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 in the year 1854.   

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

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

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)   

Jan 06   In the year 1854 birth of sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 29   In the year 1854 birth of willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian   

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician   

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)   

Jan 08   William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died in the year 1854.   

Jan 09   Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 17   Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 in the year 1854.   

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

Mar 11   In the year 1854 death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)   

Apr 06   William Strickland, US architect, dies in the year 1854.