Historical Events In 1857
Saturday, 09 December 2023
Jan 02 On this day in history frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)
Jan 06 On this day in history patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn
Jan 06 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania in the year 1857.
Jan 08 In the year 1857 dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in NYC
Jan 09 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon CA on this day in history.
Jan 09 On this day in history 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif
Jan 09 Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) on this day in history.
Jan 11 Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) on this day in history.
Jan 15 On this day in history 1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW v Vic at The Domain
Jan 15 On this day in history the first first-class game in Sydney, New South Wales vs Victoria at The Domain
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) in the year 1857.
Jan 20 On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32
Jan 22 On this day in history national Association of Baseball Players founded, NY
Jan 23 In the year 1857 andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)
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 in the year 1857.
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 Yellow fever in Portugal in the year 1857.
Feb 02 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector on this day in history.
Feb 07 Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Feb 09 On this day in history johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education
Feb 12 Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96) on this day in history.
Feb 14 Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 in the year 1857.
Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.
Feb 16 On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77
Feb 16 On this day in history gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC)
Feb 17 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher on this day in history.
Feb 18 Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo on this day in history.
Feb 18 In the year 1857 max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor
Feb 21 On this day in history congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US
Feb 21 On this day in history jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907)
Feb 21 In the year 1857 uS issues flying eagle cents