Page 5: Historical Events In 1856

Sep 23   On this day in history william Archer, Scotland, writer (Green Goddess)   

Sep 24   In the year 1856 henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, gov-gen of India, dies   

Sep 28   Edward Herbert Thompson, Mass, archaeologist (Mayan civilization) in the year 1856.   

Sep 30   On this day in history andrejs Jurjans, composer   

Oct 07   On this day in history cyrus Chambers Jr patents folding machine that folds book & newspapers   

Oct 08   On this day in history chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy & lower Brit flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War   

Oct 10   Michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   On this day in history r G Nivelle, French military man   

Oct 19   In the year 1856 james Kelly & Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne   

Oct 20   Arnhem-Oberhausen railway in Netherlands opens on this day in history.   

Oct 24   On this day in history constitution of South Australia adopted   

Oct 27   In the year 1856 the Grand Trunk Railway opens its broad gauge line throughout between Montreal and Toronto. It was opened in sections as follows Montreal to Brockville - November 19, 1855. Oshawa to Toronto - August 11, 1856. Brockville to Oshawa - October 27, 1856. The first through train, consisting of 3 first class and 3 second class coaches, ran from Montreal (Point St. Charles) to Toronto (Don Station) and a similar train made the journey in the opposite direction.Departure was at 07 00 from Montreal and 07 30 from Toronto. The trains passed in the vicinity of Kingston Junction where a stop of 30 minutes occurred for lunch.   

Oct 27   On this day in history the Grand Trunk Railway opens its broad gauge line throughout between Montreal and Toronto. It was opened in sections as follows: Montreal to Brockville - November 19, 1855. Oshawa to Toronto - August 11, 1856. Brockville to Oshawa - October 27, 1856. The first through train, consisting of 3 first class and 3 second class coaches, ran from Montreal (Point St. Charles) to Toronto (Don Station) and a similar train made the journey in the opposite direction.Departure was at 07:00 from Montreal and 07:30 from Toronto. The trains passed in the vicinity of Kingston Junction where a stop of 30 minutes occurred for lunch.   

Oct 28   Franz Xavier Arens, composer in the year 1856.   

Oct 29   Carel SW van Hogendorp, colonial director, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Nov 03   On this day in history a British fleet bombs Canton.   

Nov 04   In the year 1856 james Buchanan elected US president   

Nov 06   Nicholas Nikolajevitsj, ruler of Russia on this day in history.   

Nov 07   In the year 1856 semyon Zonovyevich Alapin, Vilna, tied for chess 1st place (1878)   

Nov 13   Louis D Brandeis, Mass, 68th Supreme Court Justice (1916-39) in the year 1856.   

Nov 16   Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens on this day in history.   

Nov 17   On this day in history on the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.   

Nov 17   In the year 1856 william Knyvett, composer, dies at 77   

Nov 20   CDR Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians on this day in history.   

Nov 20   Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81 in the year 1856.   

Nov 22   On this day in history heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th pres of Mormon church   

Nov 25   Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russia, composer (Oresteia) in the year 1856.   

Nov 28   Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 29   Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor/premier Prussia on this day in history.   

Dec 02   On this day in history robert Kajanus, composer   

Dec 09   On this day in history the Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.   

Dec 11   In the year 1856 georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist   

Dec 18   Joseph John Thomson, Eng, physicist discovered electron (Nobel 1906) in the year 1856.   

Dec 22   Frank Kellogg, Sec of State (1925-29), try to outlaw war (Nobel 1929) in the year 1856.   

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Jan 06   Giuseppe Martucci, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1856.   

Jan 09   Stevan Mokranjac, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 in the year 1856.   

Jan 11   In the year 1856 nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]   

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   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 in the year 1856.