Historical Events In 1857

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

Jan 06   Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn in the year 1857.   

Jan 06   Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania in the year 1857.   

Jan 08   Dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in NYC in the year 1857.   

Jan 09   On this day in history 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon CA   

Jan 09   On this day in history 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif   

Jan 09   On this day in history henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)   

Jan 11   On this day in history fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)   

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

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

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history national Association of Baseball Players founded, NY   

Jan 23   Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) in the year 1857.   

Jan 24   The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia in the year 1857.   

Jan 27   In the year 1857 dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72   

Feb 01   In the year 1857 influenza in Europe, North America, South America   

Feb 01   Smallpox in Victoria, Australia in the year 1857.   

Feb 01   Yellow fever in Portugal in the year 1857.   

Feb 02   In the year 1857 jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector   

Feb 07   Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 12   In the year 1857 bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)   

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

Feb 15   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.   

Feb 16   Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   In the year 1857 gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC)   

Feb 17   In the year 1857 samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher   

Feb 18   In the year 1857 insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo   

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

Feb 21   Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1857 uS issues flying eagle cents   

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Jan 02   In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)   

Jan 06   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 06   In the year 1857 birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)   

Jan 09   Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born in the year 1857.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   In the year 1857 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32   

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

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

Feb 09   In the year 1857 death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)   

Feb 10   On this day in history death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)   

Feb 14   On this day in history johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56   

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

Feb 16   Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.