Page 2: Historical Events In 1857

Feb 22   In the year 1857 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   On this day in history 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt   

Feb 24   In the year 1857 first perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government   

Feb 24   On this day in history los Angeles Vineyard Society organized   

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   Alfred Bruneau, composer on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1857.   

Mar 07   Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs in the year 1857.   

Mar 07   Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) in the year 1857.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 23   Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 23   On this day in history fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)   

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   Karl Pearson, London England, mathematician on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man in the year 1857.   

Apr 05   Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) on this day in history.   

Apr 10   Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker in the year 1857.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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