Page 5: Historical Events In 1854

Aug 09   In the year 1854 frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57   

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

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

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

Aug 16   In the year 1854 duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies   

Aug 20   Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 04   In the year 1854 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   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   In the year 1854 henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car   

Sep 20   Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died on this day in history.   

Sep 20   British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1854 cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05)   

Sep 27   In the year 1854 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   In the year 1854 adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)   

Sep 29   In the year 1854 martin Pluddemann, composer   

Oct 01   On this day in history 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   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   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   Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1854 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   Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 18   In the year 1854 juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies   

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

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

Mar 06   In the year 1854 caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80   

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.