Page 2: Historical Events In 1856

Feb 29   Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw) in the year 1856.   

Mar 05   In the year 1856 covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire   

Mar 05   Georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads in the year 1856.   

Mar 07   Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact in the year 1856.   

Mar 07   Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne) on this day in history.   

Mar 09   On this day in history sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama   

Mar 16   E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince on this day in history.   

Mar 20   Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management on this day in history.   

Mar 25   A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine in the year 1856.   

Mar 26   In the year 1856 david Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda   

Mar 26   On this day in history new South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won   

Mar 26   NSW's 1st 1st-class game, v Victoria at Melbourne NSW won in the year 1856.   

Mar 28   Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1856.   

Mar 30   Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War in the year 1856.   

Apr 03   In the year 1856 gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos   

Apr 05   Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp) on this day in history.   

Apr 10   The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University on this day in history.   

Apr 11   Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent) on this day in history.   

Apr 11   In the year 1856 battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans   

Apr 12   William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen) on this day in history.   

Apr 18   Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns in the year 1856.   

Apr 21   The first rail train to pass over the mighty Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, IL made its journey across a newly completed bridge between the two rail centers on this day in history.   

Apr 21   The first railroad bridge across Mississippi completed on this day in history.   

Apr 22   In the year 1856 [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans)   

Apr 24   In the year 1856 henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)   

Apr 29   In the year 1856 peace between England & Russia   

May 03   Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27 in the year 1856.   

May 06   Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) on this day in history.   

May 06   The birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer in the year 1856.   

May 06   The birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist on this day in history.   

May 06   On this day in history william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

May 07   Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact in the year 1856.   

May 13   Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art on this day in history.   

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Jan 06   In the year 1856 birth of giuseppe Martucci, composer   

Jan 09   Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) was born in the year 1856.   

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

Jan 09   Stevan Mokranjac, composer was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 11   Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 12   John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters) was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of j. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)   

Jan 18   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 05   In the year 1856 pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67   

Jan 11   In the year 1856 nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]   

Jan 12   Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) died in the year 1856.   

Jan 16   In the year 1856 death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

Jan 17   Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1856.   

Jan 24   On this day in history death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)   

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