Historical Events In 1859

Jan 05   On this day in history 1st steamboat sails, Red River   

Jan 05   In the year 1859 deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 05   The first steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover   

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   In the year 1859 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   Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) in the year 1859.   

Feb 02   Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 05   Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities in the year 1859.   

Feb 06   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1859.   

Feb 08   On this day in history john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)   

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 in the year 1859.   

Feb 14   George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Oregon admitted as 33rd state on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 19   Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used in the year 1859.   

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

Feb 19   In the year 1859 svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)   

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)   

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

Jan 09   Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 birth of frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries)   

Jan 11   In the year 1859 birth of [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)   

Jan 13   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 in the year 1859.   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history death of frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)   

Feb 06   On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

Feb 23   On this day in history death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)   

Feb 26   Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1859.   

Mar 01   On this day in history josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61