Historical Events In 1857

Jun 26   On this day in history 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 in the year 1857.  

Jun 27   On this day in history h Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia  

Jun 28   In the year 1857 joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53  

Jun 29   On this day in history battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British)  

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

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   On this day in history rudolf Dellinger, composer  

Jul 09   Frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18) on this day in history.  

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

Jul 14   Maytag, inventor (washing machine) on this day in history.  

Jul 15   In the year 1857 carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66  

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   A S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer in the year 1857.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 27   On this day in history ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator  

Jul 29   In the year 1857 charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54  

Jul 30   Thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899) on this day in history.  

Aug 01   On this day in history charles Turner, engraver, dies  

Aug 08   In the year 1857 cecile Chaminade, composer  

Aug 10   John Wilson Croker, politician in the year 1857.  

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

Aug 21   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 03   M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77 in the year 1857.  

Sep 10   James E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn) on this day in history.  

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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   On this day in history 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   Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born on this day in history.  

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   Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 in the year 1857.  

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   In the year 1857 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 on this day in history.