Page 6: Historical Events In 1854

Oct 10   On this day in history uS Assay Office in New York City, NY opens   

Oct 10   On this day in history uS Assay Office in NY City, NY opens   

Oct 12   On this day in history lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute   

Oct 16   On this day in history karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist   

Oct 16   The birth of Oscar Wilde, Irish born novelist and playwright on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 17   The Australian newspaper The Age, is published for the first time in Melbourne on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket) on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 22   In the year 1854 j Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57   

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

Oct 24   In the year 1854 hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)   

Oct 25   On this day in history charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die   

Oct 25   On this day in history the Charge of the Light Brigade takes place during the Crimean War.   

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

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

Oct 28   James P Carrell, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1854.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1854 franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres   

Nov 09   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer in the year 1854.   

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

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

Nov 13   On this day in history the ship "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300   

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

Nov 16   Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician on this day in history.   

Nov 17   Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17) in the year 1854.   

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

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

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

Feb 04   Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1854.   

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 in the year 1854.   

Mar 11   Willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804) died in the year 1854.   

Apr 06   In the year 1854 william Strickland, US architect, dies