Historical Events In 1857

Jan 02   Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1857 patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn   

Jan 06   Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in NYC   

Jan 09   In the year 1857 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon CA   

Jan 09   7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif in the year 1857.   

Jan 09   In the year 1857 henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)   

Jan 11   Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1857 1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW v Vic at The Domain   

Jan 15   The first first-class game in Sydney, New South Wales vs Victoria at The Domain in the year 1857.   

Jan 17   On this day in history eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)   

Jan 18   Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32   

Jan 22   In the year 1857 national Association of Baseball Players founded, NY   

Jan 23   Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) on this day in history.   

Jan 24   On this day in history the University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia.   

Jan 27   Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Influenza in Europe, North America, South America on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Smallpox in Victoria, Australia on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1857 yellow fever in Portugal   

Feb 02   On this day in history jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector   

Feb 07   In the year 1857 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65   

Feb 09   Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education in the year 1857.   

Feb 12   On this day in history bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)   

Feb 14   In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56   

Feb 15   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 16   In the year 1857 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77   

Feb 16   Gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC) on this day in history.   

Feb 17   On this day in history samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher   

Feb 18   Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo in the year 1857.   

Feb 18   On this day in history max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor   

Feb 21   In the year 1857 congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US   

Feb 21   In the year 1857 jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907)   

Feb 21   US issues flying eagle cents on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)   

Jan 02   Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 06   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)   

Jan 09   Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1857 birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)   

Jan 17   Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 17   Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 20   On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32   

Jan 27   Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 in the year 1857.   

Feb 07   Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 in the year 1857.   

Feb 09   On this day in history death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)   

Feb 10   David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 in the year 1857.   

Feb 15   On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

Feb 16   In the year 1857 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77