Historical Events In 1854

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

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

Aug 12   In the year 1854 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 in the year 1854.  

Aug 23   In the year 1854 moritz Moszkowski, composer  

Aug 24   National emigration convention meets in Cleveland in the year 1854.  

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

Aug 29   In the year 1854 self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)  

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

Sep 01   Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1854 allied armies, including those of Britain & France, land in Crimea  

Sep 17   Hans Muller, music historian in the year 1854.  

Sep 19   Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car in the year 1854.  

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   In the year 1854 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   William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever on this day in history.  

Oct 04   Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair in the year 1854.  

Oct 04   On this day in history honest Abe Lincoln made his first great political speech while attending the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.  

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   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.  

Oct 10   In the year 1854 uS Assay Office in New York City, NY opens  

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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   In the year 1854 birth of jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921)  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of peter Gast, composer  

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   In the year 1854 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 18   On this day in history juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies  

Feb 04   On this day in history carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66  

Feb 17   Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 06   Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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.