Page 2: Historical Events In 1856

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

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

Mar 05   On this day in history covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire   

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

Mar 07   Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact on this day in history.   

Mar 07   On this day in history matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)   

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

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   A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine in the year 1856.   

Mar 26   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   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) in the year 1856.   

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   On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1856.   

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

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

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

May 06   In the year 1856 the birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist   

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

May 07   In the year 1856 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1856 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   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] 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   On this day in history death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

Jan 17   On this day in history thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41   

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

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