Page 2: Historical Events In 1856

Feb 29   In the year 1856 hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease   

Mar 01   On this day in history florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw)   

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

Mar 05   In the year 1856 georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads   

Mar 07   In the year 1856 argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact   

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

Mar 09   In the year 1856 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   In the year 1856 frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management   

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   New South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won in the year 1856.   

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

Mar 28   In the year 1856 pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76   

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

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

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

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) in the year 1856.   

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

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

Apr 18   On this day in history russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns   

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 in the year 1856.   

Apr 22   [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans) on this day in history.   

Apr 24   On this day in history henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)   

Apr 29   Peace between England & Russia in the year 1856.   

May 03   In the year 1856 adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27   

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

May 06   William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies in the year 1856.   

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   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   In the year 1856 birth of lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears)   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1856 birth of christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1856 birth of j. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)   

Jan 18   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)   

Jan 16   Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 08   In the year 1856 death of agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)   

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