Page 2: Historical Events In 1856

Feb 29   Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease in the year 1856.   

Mar 01   In the year 1856 florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw)   

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   In the year 1856 argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact   

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

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

Mar 16   On this day in history e Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince   

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

Mar 25   In the year 1856 a E Burnside patents Burnside carbine   

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

Mar 26   On this day in history 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   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   Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos on this day in history.   

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

Apr 10   On this day in history the Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University.   

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   Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns on this day in history.   

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   [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans) in the year 1856.   

Apr 24   Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) in the year 1856.   

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

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) in the year 1856.   

May 06   In the year 1856 the birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer   

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

May 06   In the year 1856 william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

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   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   On this day in history birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of john Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)   

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   On this day in history pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67   

Jan 11   Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] in the year 1856.   

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

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

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