Page 2: Historical Events In 1857

Feb 22   On this day in history heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves   

Feb 22   On this day in history the birth of Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement   

Feb 24   1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt in the year 1857.   

Feb 24   On this day in history first perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government   

Feb 24   Los Angeles Vineyard Society organized in the year 1857.   

Feb 26   On this day in history emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)   

Feb 26   Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

Feb 28   In the year 1857 gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

Mar 03   Alfred Bruneau, composer in the year 1857.   

Mar 03   In the year 1857 second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.   

Mar 06   Dred Scott Decision Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens in the year 1857.   

Mar 06   Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens on this day in history.   

Mar 06   On this day in history the US Supreme Court rules that slave Dred Scott cannot sue for his freedom in federal court.   

Mar 07   On this day in history baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs   

Mar 07   In the year 1857 julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)   

Mar 11   Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84 in the year 1857.   

Mar 12   A Great Western Railway train breaks an axle while crossing a swing bridge and plunges into the Desjardins Canal near Hamilton. 59 people are killed in the year 1857.   

Mar 12   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice in the year 1857.   

Mar 17   Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1857.   

Mar 21   In the year 1857 abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64   

Mar 21   Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die on this day in history.   

Mar 22   On this day in history arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)   

Mar 23   Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC) in the year 1857.   

Mar 23   Elisha Otis' first elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC) in the year 1857.   

Mar 23   Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company) in the year 1857.   

Mar 25   In the year 1857 frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse   

Mar 25   Frederick Laggenheim takes first photo of a solar eclipse on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Karl Pearson, London England, mathematician in the year 1857.   

Apr 01   In the year 1857 herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man.   

Apr 05   On this day in history alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)   

Apr 10   In the year 1857 henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker   

Apr 12   On this day in history gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published   

Apr 14   On this day in history edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)   

Apr 15   N R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 06   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1857 birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)   

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

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

Jan 20   In the year 1857 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 14   On this day in history johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56   

Feb 15   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.   

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