Page 5: Historical Events In 1854

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

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

Aug 10   J Scott Lidgett, London, theologist in the year 1854.   

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

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

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

Aug 22   On this day in history milan I, King of Serbia   

Aug 23   In the year 1854 moritz Moszkowski, composer   

Aug 24   On this day in history national emigration convention meets in Cleveland   

Aug 24   Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer in the year 1854.   

Aug 29   On this day in history self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)   

Aug 30   John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels in the year 1854.   

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

Sep 04   English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1854.   

Sep 20   British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea in the year 1854.   

Sep 23   Cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05) in the year 1854.   

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 in the year 1854.   

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

Sep 29   Martin Pluddemann, composer on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek)   

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

Oct 10   In the year 1854 jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer   

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Jan 01   In the year 1854 birth of james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921)   

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

Jan 18   Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) was born in the year 1854.   

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

Feb 09   In the year 1854 birth of aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician   

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   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   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 on this day in history.