Page 4: Historical Events In 1857

Jun 26   In the year 1857 62 receive Victoria Cross   

Jun 26   Off Cap Rouge Quebec, the Steamer Montreal catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes in the St. Lawrence; left Quebec City at 5 pm a day earlier; 253 lives lost, mostly Scottish immigrants on their way to the west on this day in history.   

Jun 27   H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia in the year 1857.   

Jun 28   Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Jun 29   Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) in the year 1857.   

Jul 01   Roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants) on this day in history.   

Jul 02   Francesco Spetrino, composer in the year 1857.   

Jul 05   Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist in the year 1857.   

Jul 08   Rudolf Dellinger, composer in the year 1857.   

Jul 09   On this day in history frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18)   

Jul 11   On this day in history alfred Binet, French child psychologist   

Jul 14   Maytag, inventor (washing machine) in the year 1857.   

Jul 15   Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore in the year 1857.   

Jul 18   Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French in the year 1857.   

Jul 21   In the year 1857 a S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer   

Jul 23   French [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years) in the year 1857.   

Jul 24   In the year 1857 henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917)   

Jul 25   Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Jul 27   Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator in the year 1857.   

Jul 29   Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54 in the year 1857.   

Jul 30   On this day in history thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899)   

Aug 01   Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 08   Cecile Chaminade, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 10   John Wilson Croker, politician on this day in history.   

Aug 12   William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 21   In the year 1857 first book published by an Australian female author Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.   

Aug 21   On this day in history first book published by an Australian female author: Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.   

Aug 21   In the year 1857 in one of Australia's worst maritime disasters, 121 people drown when the Dunbar sinks off Sydney Heads;   

Aug 24   The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history in the year 1857.   

Aug 24   On this day in history thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia   

Sep 03   In the year 1857 m Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77   

Sep 10   James E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn) in the year 1857.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1857 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   William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)   

Jan 17   Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born in the year 1857.   

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

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

Jan 27   In the year 1857 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies   

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