Historical Events In 1856

Jan 05   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67   

Jan 06   Giuseppe Martucci, composer.   

Jan 08   Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs CA.   

Jan 08   Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, Calif.   

Jan 08   Dr. John Veatch discovers Borax (hydrated sodium borate), still popular as a hand and laundry cleaner in the 1950s and 1960s.   

Jan 09   Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar).   

Jan 11   Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer   

Jan 11   Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]   

Jan 12   John Singer Sargent, American painter is born   

Jan 12   John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)   

Jan 17   Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41   

Jan 18   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation).   

Jan 23   Steamer Pacific lost   

Jan 25   Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians   

Jan 29   Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery by the British Government.   

Jan 29   Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery.   

Feb 01   Auburn University is chartered as the East Alabama Male College   

Feb 02   Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer   

Feb 05   Otto Brahm, German critic/founder (Neue Deutsche Rundschau)   

Feb 07   The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the inaugural piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot   

Feb 14   Frank Harris, England, journalist/writer (My Life and Loves).   

Feb 15   Frank Harris, Galway England, writer.   

Feb 16   Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam)   

Feb 17   Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris.   

Feb 18   American (Know-Nothing) Party abolishes secrecy.   

Feb 19   Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH   

Feb 19   Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio   

Feb 20   John Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die.   

Feb 20   John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die.   

Feb 21   Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam).   

Feb 22   1st national meeting of Republican Party (Pittsburgh).   

Feb 22   inaugural national meeting of the Republican Party (Pittsburgh).   

Feb 25   Charles Lang Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1876].   

Feb 29   Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease   

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Jan 06   On this day in history birth of giuseppe Martucci, composer   

Jan 09   Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer   

Jan 11   Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation)   

Jan 05   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

Jan 17   In the year 1856 thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41   

Jan 24   Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) died on this day in history.   

Feb 08   On this day in history death of agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)   

Feb 17   On this day in history heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris