Historical Events In 1857

Jan 02   On this day in history frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)   

Jan 06   Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn in the year 1857.   

Jan 06   On this day in history patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)   

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   In the year 1857 the University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia.   

Jan 27   In the year 1857 dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72   

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   Yellow fever in Portugal in the year 1857.   

Feb 02   Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   In the year 1857 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 in the year 1857.   

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

Feb 16   Gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC) in the year 1857.   

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   Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)   

Jan 06   In the year 1857 birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)   

Jan 09   In the year 1857 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32   

Jan 27   In the year 1857 dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72   

Feb 07   In the year 1857 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65   

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

Feb 10   David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died in the year 1857.   

Feb 14   Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

Feb 16   Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 in the year 1857.