Page 6: Historical Events In 1854

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

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

Oct 12   Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute in the year 1854.   

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

Oct 16   In the year 1854 the birth of Oscar Wilde, Irish born novelist and playwright   

Oct 17   In the year 1854 miners burn down Eureka Hotel, Ballarat, after court dismisses murder charges against hotelier James Bentley, accused of kicking a young miner to death   

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

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) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Oct 25   On this day in history the infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' takes place at Balaklava,during the Crimean War   

Oct 26   August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam) in the year 1854.   

Oct 28   On this day in history james P Carrell, composer, dies at 67   

Oct 31   In the year 1854 georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)   

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   In the year 1854 lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island   

Nov 05   In the year 1854 ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann   

Nov 05   On this day in history crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000   

Nov 06   On this day in history john Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever)   

Nov 06   The birth of John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor in the year 1854.   

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

Nov 09   In the year 1854 joseph Miroslav Weber, composer   

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

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

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

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   Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17) on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1854 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   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   On this day in history birth of edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)   

Jan 08   William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies in the year 1854.   

Feb 04   In the year 1854 carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66   

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

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