Page 2: Historical Events In 1857

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

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

Feb 24   On this day in history 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt   

Feb 24   First perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government on this day in history.   

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

Feb 26   In the year 1857 emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)   

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   On this day in history alfred Bruneau, composer   

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

Mar 06   On this day in history dred Scott Decision Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 12   On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice   

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

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

Mar 21   In the year 1857 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   In the year 1857 frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse   

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

Mar 27   On this day in history karl Pearson, London England, mathematician   

Apr 01   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1857 n R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne   

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Jan 02   Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1857 birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)   

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   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)   

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.   

Jan 27   In the year 1857 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   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   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   On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77