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) on this day in history.   

Mar 05   Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire on this day in history.   

Mar 05   Georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads on this day in history.   

Mar 07   On this day in history argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact   

Mar 07   Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne) in the year 1856.   

Mar 09   Sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama in the year 1856.   

Mar 16   In the year 1856 e Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince   

Mar 20   Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management in the year 1856.   

Mar 25   On this day in history a E Burnside patents Burnside carbine   

Mar 26   David Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda on this day in history.   

Mar 26   In the year 1856 new South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won   

Mar 26   On this day in history nSW's 1st 1st-class game, v Victoria at Melbourne NSW won   

Mar 28   Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Mar 30   In the year 1856 russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War   

Apr 03   Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos on this day in history.   

Apr 05   In the year 1856 booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp)   

Apr 10   The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University in the year 1856.   

Apr 11   On this day in history arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent)   

Apr 11   Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans on this day in history.   

Apr 12   In the year 1856 william M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen)   

Apr 18   In the year 1856 russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns   

Apr 21   In the year 1856 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.   

Apr 21   On this day in history the first railroad bridge across Mississippi completed   

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

Apr 24   Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) on this day in history.   

Apr 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1856 the birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer   

May 06   On this day in history the birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist   

May 06   William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies on this day in history.   

May 07   On this day in history argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact   

May 13   Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art in the year 1856.   

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Jan 06   Giuseppe Martucci, composer was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer   

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 in the year 1856.   

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

Jan 05   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 in the year 1856.   

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 in the year 1856.   

Jan 16   Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died in the year 1856.   

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

Jan 24   Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) died in the year 1856.   

Feb 08   Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773) died in the year 1856.   

Feb 17   Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris in the year 1856.