Page 3: Historical Events In 1856

May 15   On this day in history 2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized   

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

May 19   In the year 1856 sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery   

May 19   In the year 1856 senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery   

May 20   On this day in history henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter   

May 21   On this day in history lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces   

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

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

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

May 24   On this day in history pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas   

May 26   On this day in history george Templeton Strong, composer   

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

Jun 03   Cullen Whipple patents screw machine in the year 1856.   

Jun 03   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 on this day in history.   

Jun 08   In the year 1856 natalia Janotha, composer   

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

Jun 09   In the year 1856 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.   

Jun 11   In the year 1856 friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76   

Jun 14   In the year 1856 andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)   

Jun 15   David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jun 17   In the year 1856 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) in the year 1856.   

Jun 22   On this day in history henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)   

Jun 30   In the year 1856 gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers)   

Jul 04   In the year 1856 istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64   

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

Jul 07   In the year 1856 george Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England)   

Jul 09   On this day in history daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum)   

Jul 10   Nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil in the year 1856.   

Jul 15   Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 in the year 1856.   

Jul 15   On this day in history natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony   

Jul 15   On this day in history natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony   

Jul 15   On this day in history owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain)   

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Jan 06   Giuseppe Martucci, composer was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1856 birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer   

Jan 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1856.   

Jan 18   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 05   In the year 1856 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 in the year 1856.   

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   Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773) died on this day in history.   

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