Historical Events In 1859
Monday, 05 January 2026
Jan 05 1st steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859. 


Jan 05 DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) in the year 1859. 


Jan 05 On this day in history the first steamboat sails, Red River 


Jan 06 In the year 1859 samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) 


Jan 08 On this day in history antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 


Jan 09 In the year 1859 carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader 


Jan 11 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) on this day in history. 


Jan 13 Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) in the year 1859. 


Jan 19 Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) in the year 1859. 


Jan 20 B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history. 


Jan 21 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer in the year 1859. 


Jan 22 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover in the year 1859. 


Jan 24 In the year 1859 alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer 


Jan 24 On this day in history political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler. 


Jan 27 On this day in history carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 


Jan 27 Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918) on this day in history. 


Feb 01 In the year 1859 victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) 


Feb 02 Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) in the year 1859. 


Feb 04 In the year 1859 the Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt. 


Feb 05 Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities on this day in history. 


Feb 06 In the year 1859 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 


Feb 08 In the year 1859 john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop) 


Feb 10 Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny on this day in history. 


Feb 10 General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny in the year 1859. 


Feb 13 On this day in history frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist 


Feb 14 In the year 1859 george Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) 


Feb 14 Oregon admitted as 33rd state in the year 1859. 


Feb 14 Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union in the year 1859. 


Feb 16 The French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch in the year 1859. 


Feb 17 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli in the year 1859. 


Feb 18 Sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof) on this day in history. 


Feb 19 On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used 


Feb 19 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used in the year 1859. 


Feb 19 On this day in history svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) 


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