Page 4: Historical Events In 1857

Jun 26   62 receive Victoria Cross on this day in history.   

Jun 26   On this day in history 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.   

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

Jun 28   Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1857.   

Jun 29   Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) on this day in history.   

Jul 01   In the year 1857 roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants)   

Jul 02   In the year 1857 francesco Spetrino, composer   

Jul 05   Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist on this day in history.   

Jul 08   On this day in history rudolf Dellinger, composer   

Jul 09   In the year 1857 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   On this day in history carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66   

Jul 16   In the year 1857 pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies   

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

Jul 18   On this day in history 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   A S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer on this day in history.   

Jul 23   On this day in history french [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years)   

Jul 24   Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917) in the year 1857.   

Jul 25   Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1857.   

Jul 27   On this day in history 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   Thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899) in the year 1857.   

Aug 01   Charles Turner, engraver, dies in the year 1857.   

Aug 08   On this day in history cecile Chaminade, composer   

Aug 10   On this day in history john Wilson Croker, politician   

Aug 12   In the year 1857 william Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies   

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 first book published by an Australian female author: Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.   

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

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 in the year 1857.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1857.   

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

Jan 20   On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32   

Jan 27   In the year 1857 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   In the year 1857 death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)   

Feb 10   In the year 1857 death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)   

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   Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 in the year 1857.