Page 6: Historical Events In 1854

Oct 10   In the year 1854 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   Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist on this day in history.   

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

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   The Australian newspaper The Age, is published for the first time in Melbourne in the year 1854.   

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

Oct 20   On this day in history alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile)   

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

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

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

Oct 24   In the year 1854 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   The infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' takes place at Balaklava,during the Crimean War on this day in history.   

Oct 26   August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam) on this day in history.   

Oct 28   James P Carrell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Oct 31   On this day in history georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)   

Nov 02   On this day in history cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts   

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

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   In the year 1854 crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000   

Nov 06   John Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever) on this day in history.   

Nov 06   On this day in history the birth of John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor   

Nov 09   Franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres on this day in history.   

Nov 09   In the year 1854 joseph Miroslav Weber, composer   

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

Nov 13   In the year 1854 george Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke)   

Nov 13   In the year 1854 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   In the year 1854 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   In the year 1854 birth of sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)   

Jan 09   Jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Peter Gast, composer was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 18   Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) was born in the year 1854.   

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

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

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

Feb 17   On this day in history hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71   

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 in the year 1854.   

Apr 06   William Strickland, US architect, dies in the year 1854.