Historical Events In 1854

Oct 10   US Assay Office in NY City, NY opens on this day in history.  

Oct 12   In the year 1854 lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute  

Oct 16   Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist in the year 1854.  

Oct 16   On this day in history the birth of Oscar Wilde, Irish born novelist and playwright  

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 in the year 1854.  

Oct 17   In the year 1854 the Australian newspaper The Age, is published for the first time in Melbourne  

Oct 18   In the year 1854 bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)  

Oct 20   Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile) in the year 1854.  

Oct 21   Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War on this day in history.  

Oct 22   J Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57 in the year 1854.  

Oct 23   On this day in history the Times give precise British positions in Krim  

Oct 24   Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte) in the year 1854.  

Oct 25   Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die in the year 1854.  

Oct 25   In the year 1854 the Charge of the Light Brigade takes place during the Crimean War.  

Oct 25   In the year 1854 the infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' takes place at Balaklava,during the Crimean War  

Oct 26   On this day in history august T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam)  

Oct 28   In the year 1854 james P Carrell, composer, dies at 67  

Oct 31   Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt) in the year 1854.  

Nov 02   Cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts in the year 1854.  

Nov 04   Lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island in the year 1854.  

Nov 04   Lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island on this day in history.  

Nov 05   On this day in history ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann  

Nov 05   Crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000 on this day in history.  

Nov 06   In the year 1854 john Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever)  

Nov 06   In the year 1854 the birth of John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor  

Nov 09   On this day in history franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres  

Nov 09   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 13   "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300 on this day in history.  

Nov 13   George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke) in the year 1854.  

Nov 13   The ship "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300 in the year 1854.  

Nov 15   On this day in history in Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.  

Nov 16   On this day in history jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician  

Nov 17   In the year 1854 louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)  

Nov 19   Alberich Zwyssig, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

Jan 01   James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 18   Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 09   Aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician was born in the year 1854.  

Feb 09   Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party) was born in the year 1854.  

Jan 08   In the year 1854 death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)  

Jan 09   In the year 1854 filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77  

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

Feb 04   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 17   Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 in the year 1854.  

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   On this day in history william Strickland, US architect, dies