Page 4: Historical Events In 1856

Jul 16   In the year 1856 statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem   

Jul 17   Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila) on this day in history.   

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   The birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright on this day in history.   

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   Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city on this day in history.   

Aug 04   Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1856.   

Aug 05   On this day in history rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61   

Aug 10   Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana on this day in history.   

Aug 10   Hurricane washes away 300 in Louisiana on this day in history.   

Aug 10   Paul Geisler, composer in the year 1856.   

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   Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master) on this day in history.   

Aug 18   In the year 1856 charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer   

Aug 20   In the year 1856 innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) [NS Sept 1]   

Aug 20   Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1856.   

Aug 20   Wilberforce University forms in Ohio in the year 1856.   

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

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

Aug 24   Felix Mottl, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 27   Iwan Franko, writer in the year 1856.   

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

Sep 01   On this day in history innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania)   

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

Sep 02   In the year 1856 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   Johann Heinrich Beck, composer in the year 1856.   

Sep 14   Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders on this day in history.   

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Jan 06   On this day in history birth of giuseppe Martucci, composer   

Jan 09   Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 09   Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer   

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

Jan 12   John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters) was born in the year 1856.   

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

Jan 18   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)   

Jan 16   Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died in the year 1856.   

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

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

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.