Historical Events In 1857
Friday, 25 October 2024
Jan 02 In the year 1857 frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)
Jan 06 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn in the year 1857.
Jan 06 In the year 1857 patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania
Jan 08 Dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in NYC in the year 1857.
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 On this day in history henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)
Jan 11 In the year 1857 fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)
Jan 15 1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW v Vic at The Domain on this day in history.
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 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.
Jan 22 National Association of Baseball Players founded, NY in the year 1857.
Jan 23 In the year 1857 andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)
Jan 24 In the year 1857 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 On this day in history influenza in Europe, North America, South America
Feb 01 On this day in history smallpox in Victoria, Australia
Feb 01 In the year 1857 yellow fever in Portugal
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 in the year 1857.
Feb 09 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education on this day in history.
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 in the year 1857.
Feb 16 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo
Feb 18 Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor in the year 1857.
Feb 21 Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US in the year 1857.
Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) in the year 1857.
Feb 21 US issues flying eagle cents in the year 1857.