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   First perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government on this day in history.   

Feb 24   Los Angeles Vineyard Society organized on this day in history.   

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   Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer in the year 1857.   

Mar 03   Alfred Bruneau, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 03   Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China on this day in history.   

Mar 06   In the year 1857 dred Scott Decision Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens   

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

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   In the year 1857 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   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 17   On this day in history adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42   

Mar 21   Abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64 in the year 1857.   

Mar 21   On this day in history earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die   

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

Mar 23   On this day in history elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)   

Mar 23   Elisha Otis' first elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 25   Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse in the year 1857.   

Mar 25   Frederick Laggenheim takes first photo of a solar eclipse in the year 1857.   

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

Apr 01   Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man on this day in history.   

Apr 05   Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) in the year 1857.   

Apr 10   Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker on this day in history.   

Apr 12   In the year 1857 gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published   

Apr 14   In the year 1857 edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)   

Apr 15   N R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne in the year 1857.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1857 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   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   Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 in the year 1857.   

Feb 09   Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died on this day in history.   

Feb 10   David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died on this day in history.   

Feb 14   In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56   

Feb 15   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77