Page 2: Historical Events In 1857

Feb 22   In the year 1857 heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves   

Feb 22   The birth of Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement in the year 1857.   

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   Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) in the year 1857.   

Feb 26   On this day in history ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88   

Feb 28   In the year 1857 gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

Mar 03   In the year 1857 alfred Bruneau, composer   

Mar 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1857 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   Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) in the year 1857.   

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

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   In the year 1857 adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42   

Mar 21   On this day in history abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64   

Mar 21   Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die in the year 1857.   

Mar 22   Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) in the year 1857.   

Mar 23   In the year 1857 elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)   

Mar 23   On this day in history elisha Otis' first elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)   

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

Mar 25   On this day in history frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse   

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

Mar 27   In the year 1857 karl Pearson, London England, mathematician   

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   Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker on this day in history.   

Apr 12   Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published in the year 1857.   

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

Apr 15   On this day in history n R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne   

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Jan 02   In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)   

Jan 02   In the year 1857 birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)   

Jan 06   In the year 1857 birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)   

Jan 06   William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 09   Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 11   Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1857 birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)   

Jan 17   In the year 1857 birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)   

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

Jan 27   On this day in history dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72   

Feb 07   On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65   

Feb 09   In the year 1857 death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)   

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   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.   

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