Page 2: Historical Events In 1856

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

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

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

Mar 07   In the year 1856 matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)   

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   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   David Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda in the year 1856.   

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   On this day in history pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76   

Mar 30   On this day in history russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War   

Apr 03   Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos in the year 1856.   

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   Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans in the year 1856.   

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

Apr 22   On this day in history [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   On this day in history 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   The birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer on this day in history.   

May 06   The birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist in the year 1856.   

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   On this day in history peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)   

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears)   

Jan 09   Stevan Mokranjac, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1856.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 17   Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 17   In the year 1856 heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris