Historical Events In 1857

Sep 11   On this day in history mountain Meadows Massacre, Mormons dressed as Indians murder 120 colonists in Utah  

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

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

Sep 12   On this day in history george H Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter/water colors painter  

Sep 13   On this day in history milton S Hershey, chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist  

Sep 15   The birth of William Taft, Former (27th) American President in the year 1857.  

Sep 15   On this day in history timothy Alder patents typesetting machine  

Sep 15   William Howard Taft, Cin, (R) 27th pres (1909-13), chief justice on this day in history.  

Sep 16   On this day in history mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)  

Sep 16   Typesetting machine patent on this day in history.  

Sep 17   On this day in history konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research  

Sep 18   Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1857.  

Sep 23   Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die on this day in history.  

Sep 25   Relief of Lucknow by Havelock & Outram begins on this day in history.  

Sep 29   In the year 1857 conrad T van Deventer, lawyer/2nd-Member of parliament  

Sep 30   Hermann Sudermann, German writer (Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   In the year 1857 uS occupies Sand, Baker, Howland & Jarvis Is south of Hawaii  

Sep 30   US occupies Sand, Baker, Howland and Jarvis Is. south of Hawaii in the year 1857.  

Oct 02   Marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902) in the year 1857.  

Oct 04   On this day in history henry Schoenfeld, composer  

Oct 05   The City of Anaheim was founded on this day in history.  

Oct 06   American Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC) on this day in history.  

Oct 06   American Chess Assn organized; First major US chess tournament (NYC) in the year 1857.  

Oct 10   In the year 1857 american Chess Association formed (NYC)  

Oct 14   Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st US autos on this day in history.  

Oct 14   In the year 1857 ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer, dies at 33  

Oct 24   In the year 1857 world's 1st soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in England  

Oct 24   World's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., founded in England in the year 1857.  

Oct 29   Conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal) in the year 1857.  

Oct 30   In the year 1857 john H Aberson, 1st chancellor (Dutch Agricultural University)  

Nov 02   Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (Babinski reflex) on this day in history.  

Nov 03   Michail V Aleksejev, Russian general (WW I-chief of staff) in the year 1857.  

Nov 05   In the year 1857 ida Tarbell, muckraker (Standard Oil was very unhappy)  

Nov 07   On this day in history charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer, dies at 62  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1857 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   Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 17   In the year 1857 birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)  

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

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.  

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   In the year 1857 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   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.  

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