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

May 21   Lawrence KS captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces in the year 1856.   

May 22   Violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner in the year 1856.   

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   In the year 1856 doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning   

Jun 03   Cullen Whipple patents screw machine on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1856.   

Jun 08   Natalia Janotha, composer in the year 1856.   

Jun 08   On this day in history 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 in the year 1856.   

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

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

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

Jun 17   Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia in the year 1856.   

Jun 17   Republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia in the year 1856.   

Jun 19   In the year 1856 elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia)   

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

Jun 30   On this day in history gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers)   

Jul 04   On this day in history istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64   

Jul 06   Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT on this day in history.   

Jul 07   On this day in history george Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England)   

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

Jul 10   Nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil on this day in history.   

Jul 15   On this day in history margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81   

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

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

Jul 15   In the year 1856 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   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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1856 birth of daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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