Page 6: Historical Events In 1854

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

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

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   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   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) on this day in history.   

Oct 21   In the year 1854 florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War.   

Oct 22   On this day in history j Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57   

Oct 23   The Times give precise British positions in Krim on this day in history.   

Oct 24   On this day in history hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)   

Oct 25   In the year 1854 charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die   

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

Oct 25   On this day in history 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   On this day in history james P Carrell, composer, dies at 67   

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

Nov 02   In the year 1854 cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts   

Nov 04   On this day in history lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island   

Nov 04   On this day in history lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island   

Nov 05   On this day in history ... 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   In the year 1854 john Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever)   

Nov 06   On this day in history 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   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) on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history 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   On this day in history louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)   

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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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian   

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician   

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   William Strickland, US architect, dies in the year 1854.