Historical Events In 1857
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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 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 On this day in history 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif
Jan 09 In the year 1857 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 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 In the year 1857 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32
Jan 22 On this day in history national Association of Baseball Players founded, NY
Jan 23 Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) on this day in history.
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 Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 on this day in history.
Feb 01 In the year 1857 influenza in Europe, North America, South America
Feb 01 Smallpox in Victoria, Australia on this day in history.
Feb 01 In the year 1857 yellow fever in Portugal
Feb 02 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector in the year 1857.
Feb 07 On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65
Feb 09 On this day in history johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education
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 In the year 1857 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies
Feb 16 In the year 1857 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 in the year 1857.
Feb 18 Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo in the year 1857.
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 in the year 1857.
Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) on this day in history.
Feb 21 US issues flying eagle cents on this day in history.