Historical Events In 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) on this day in history.  

Jul 01   On this day in history roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants)  

Jul 02   On this day in history francesco Spetrino, composer  

Jul 05   In the year 1857 clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist  

Jul 08   Rudolf Dellinger, composer in the year 1857.  

Jul 09   In the year 1857 frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18)  

Jul 11   In the year 1857 alfred Binet, French child psychologist  

Jul 14   On this day in history maytag, inventor (washing machine)  

Jul 15   Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66 in the year 1857.  

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

Jul 16   In the year 1857 sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore  

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

Jul 21   On this day in history a S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer  

Jul 23   In the year 1857 french [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years)  

Jul 24   Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917) on this day in history.  

Jul 25   In the year 1857 joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54  

Jul 27   In the year 1857 ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator  

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 in the year 1857.  

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

Aug 12   William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies in the year 1857.  

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

Aug 21   First book published by an Australian female author: Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson in the year 1857.  

Aug 21   On this day in history in one of Australia's worst maritime disasters, 121 people drown when the Dunbar sinks off Sydney Heads;  

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

Aug 24   Thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia in the year 1857.  

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) on this day in history.  

Sep 11   Mountain Meadows Massacre, Mormons dressed as Indians murder 120 colonists in Utah on this day in history.  

Sep 12   423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC in the year 1857.  

Sep 12   423 die when the ship named "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC on this day in history.  

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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   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)  

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

Jan 11   Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 20   In the year 1857 edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32  

Jan 27   Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1857.  

Feb 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1857 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies  

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