Historical Events In 1859
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Jan 05 1st steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.
Jan 05 In the year 1859 deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)
Jan 05 The first steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.
Jan 06 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) on this day in history.
Jan 08 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 in the year 1859.
Jan 09 Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader in the year 1859.
Jan 11 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) in the year 1859.
Jan 13 Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) in the year 1859.
Jan 19 Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) on this day in history.
Jan 20 In the year 1859 b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73
Jan 21 On this day in history antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
Jan 22 In the year 1859 brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover
Jan 24 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer in the year 1859.
Jan 24 In the year 1859 political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.
Jan 27 In the year 1859 carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74
Jan 27 Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918) in the year 1859.
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 The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt in the year 1859.
Feb 05 In the year 1859 wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities.
Feb 06 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
Feb 08 John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop) on this day in history.
Feb 10 In the year 1859 gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
Feb 10 General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny in the year 1859.
Feb 13 Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist on this day in history.
Feb 14 George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) in the year 1859.
Feb 14 In the year 1859 oregon admitted as 33rd state
Feb 14 On this day in history oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 17 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli in the year 1859.
Feb 18 On this day in history sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)
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 On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used
Feb 19 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) in the year 1859.