Page 4: Historical Events In 1856

Jul 16   On this day in history statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem   

Jul 17   In the year 1856 sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila)   

Jul 21   Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania) in the year 1856.   

Jul 23   Arthur H Bird, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 26   George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) on this day in history.   

Jul 26   On this day in history the birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright   

Jul 29   In the year 1856 robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46   

Jul 30   In the year 1856 richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith)   

Jul 31   In the year 1856 christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.   

Aug 04   In the year 1856 johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59   

Aug 05   Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Aug 10   Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana in the year 1856.   

Aug 10   On this day in history hurricane washes away 300 in Louisiana   

Aug 10   Paul Geisler, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 12   In the year 1856 anthony Fass patents accordion   

Aug 14   In the year 1856 william Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies   

Aug 15   On this day in history j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

Aug 17   On this day in history violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master)   

Aug 18   In the year 1856 charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer   

Aug 20   Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) [NS Sept 1] on this day in history.   

Aug 20   In the year 1856 philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80   

Aug 20   In the year 1856 wilberforce University forms in Ohio   

Aug 21   America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856) on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Felix Mottl, composer in the year 1856.   

Aug 27   Iwan Franko, writer on this day in history.   

Aug 31   On this day in history nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer   

Sep 01   Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 1856 tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China.   

Sep 02   On this day in history yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion   

Sep 03   In the year 1856 louis Henri Sullivan, Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture   

Sep 05   Jacobus C J Hermans, actor (7th Command) on this day in history.   

Sep 12   On this day in history johann Heinrich Beck, composer   

Sep 14   In the year 1856 battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders   

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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   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   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 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] on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) died in the year 1856.   

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