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 on this day in history.   

Feb 26   Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) on this day in history.   

Feb 26   Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88 in the year 1857.   

Feb 28   In the year 1857 gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

Mar 03   Alfred Bruneau, composer in the year 1857.   

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

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   The US Supreme Court rules that slave Dred Scott cannot sue for his freedom in federal court in the year 1857.   

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

Mar 12   On this day in history 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.   

Mar 12   In the year 1857 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   In the year 1857 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   On this day in history fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)   

Mar 25   Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse on this day in history.   

Mar 25   On this day in history 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   On this day in history henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker   

Apr 12   In the year 1857 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 in the year 1857.   

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

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

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)   

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 07   In the year 1857 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   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 on this day in history.   

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