Page 3: Historical Events In 1856

May 15   2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized in the year 1856.   

May 15   Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) in the year 1856.   

May 19   Sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery in the year 1856.   

May 19   Senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery in the year 1856.   

May 20   Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter in the year 1856.   

May 21   In the year 1856 lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces   

May 21   In the year 1856 lawrence KS captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces   

May 22   Violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner on this day in history.   

May 22   In the year 1856 violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner   

May 24   Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas in the year 1856.   

May 26   George Templeton Strong, composer in the year 1856.   

May 27   On this day in history doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning   

Jun 03   In the year 1856 cullen Whipple patents screw machine   

Jun 03   In the year 1856 opening of Windsor Branch Railway from Windsor to Windsor Jc., N.S. by Nova Scotia government. This was the oldest constituent of the Dominion Atlantic Railway.   

Jun 08   Natalia Janotha, composer in the year 1856.   

Jun 08   In the year 1856 pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island   

Jun 09   500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts on this day in history.   

Jun 11   Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jun 14   Andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain) in the year 1856.   

Jun 15   David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73 in the year 1856.   

Jun 17   On this day in history republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia   

Jun 17   Republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

Jun 19   Elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia) on this day in history.   

Jun 22   In the year 1856 henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)   

Jun 30   Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers) on this day in history.   

Jul 04   Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64 in the year 1856.   

Jul 06   On this day in history edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT   

Jul 07   George Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England) in the year 1856.   

Jul 09   In the year 1856 daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum)   

Jul 10   In the year 1856 nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil   

Jul 15   Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jul 15   Natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony in the year 1856.   

Jul 15   Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony in the year 1856.   

Jul 15   Owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain) in the year 1856.   

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Jan 06   In the year 1856 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   Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer was born in the year 1856.   

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

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of j. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation)   

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   In the year 1856 death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)   

Jan 16   In the year 1856 death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

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

Jan 24   In the year 1856 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   Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris on this day in history.