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 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1857 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   1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW v Vic at The Domain in the year 1857.   

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   On this day in history otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)   

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   On this day in history smallpox in Victoria, Australia   

Feb 01   Yellow fever in Portugal on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1857 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   Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 in the year 1857.   

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

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

Feb 21   Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) in the year 1857.   

Feb 21   In the year 1857 uS issues flying eagle cents   

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

Jan 02   Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1857 birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)   

Jan 06   William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 17   In the year 1857 birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)   

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

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.   

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

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

Feb 09   Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died in the year 1857.   

Feb 10   In the year 1857 death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)   

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

Feb 15   In the year 1857 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

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