Page 5: Historical Events In 1854

Aug 22   Milan I, King of Serbia.   

Aug 23   Moritz Moszkowski, composer   

Aug 24   National emigration convention meets in Cleveland.   

Aug 24   Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer.   

Aug 29   Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay).   

Aug 30   John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels   

Sep 01   Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal)   

Sep 04   English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka.   

Sep 08   Willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File.   

Sep 10   Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom and Dreesman)   

Sep 14   Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea   

Sep 17   Hans Muller, music historian   

Sep 19   Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car   

Sep 20   Battle at Alma Krim: 1000 British soldiers died   

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

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

Sep 27   Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board   

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

Sep 28   Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)   

Sep 29   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.   

Oct 03   William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever   

Oct 04   Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair   

Oct 04   Honest Abe Lincoln made his inaugural 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.   

Oct 07   Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek).   

Oct 09   the siege of Sebastopol begins.   

Oct 10   Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer.   

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

Oct 10   US Assay Office in NY City, NY opens   

Oct 12   Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute.   

Oct 16   Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist   

Oct 16   Oscar Wilde, Irish born novelist and playwright is born   

Oct 17   Miners burn down Eureka Hotel, Ballarat, after court dismisses murder charges against hotelier James Bentley, accused of kicking a young miner to death.   

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Jan 01   James frazer: Britain, anthropologist/author (the golden bough)   

Jan 06   Sherlock holmes: Mycroft, fictional detective (via arthur conan doyle)   

Jan 09   Jennie jerome: American society beauty and mother of winston churchill    

Jan 10   Peter gast: Composer   

Jan 18   Thomas a watson: Needed by bell, inventor assistant (telephone)   

Jan 29   Willem pc knuttel: Dutch bibliographer/librarian   

Feb 09   Aletta [henriette] jacobs: 1st dutch female physician   

Feb 09   Edward carson: 1st baron carson, lawyer/leader (irish unionist party)   

Jan 08   William carr beresford: 1st viscount beresford, british general and politician (b. 1768)   

Jan 09   Filippo traetta: [philip trajetta], ital composer,   

Jan 18   Juda turo: American philanthropist,    

Feb 04   Carl ludwig cornelius westenholz: Composer,   

Feb 17   Hugues f r de lamennais: French priest/writer,   

Mar 06   Caspar gc reinwardt: German/dutch biologist,   

Mar 11   Willard richards: American religious leader (b. 1804)   

Apr 06   William strickland: Us architect,