Page 5: Historical Events In 1854

Aug 09   Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 in the year 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 20   In the year 1854 friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79   

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

Aug 23   Moritz Moszkowski, composer on this day in history.   

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

Aug 24   On this day in history nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

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

Aug 30   On this day in history john Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels   

Sep 01   Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) in the year 1854.   

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

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

Sep 10   In the year 1854 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1854.   

Sep 23   In the year 1854 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   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 in the year 1854.   

Oct 03   William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever in the year 1854.   

Oct 04   On this day in history abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921) was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 10   Peter Gast, composer was born in the year 1854.   

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

Jan 29   Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77   

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

Mar 06   On this day in history caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80   

Mar 11   Willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804) died on this day in history.   

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