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Historical Events In 1857
Saturday, 20 April 2019
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 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1857 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon CA
Jan 09 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif on this day in history.
Jan 09 Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) on this day in history.
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 In the year 1857 otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)
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 On this day in history andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)
Jan 24 The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia on this day in history.
Jan 27 On this day in history dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72
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 in the year 1857.
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 In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
Feb 15 In the year 1857 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies
Feb 16 On this day in history 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 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history uS issues flying eagle cents
Feb 22 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves on this day in history.
Feb 22 In the year 1857 the birth of Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement
Feb 24 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt on this day in history.