Historical Events In 1859
Saturday, 28 January 2023
Jan 05 On this day in history 1st steamboat sails, Red River
Jan 05 DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) in the year 1859.
Jan 05 The first steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.
Jan 06 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) in the year 1859.
Jan 08 In the year 1859 antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
Jan 09 Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader on this day in history.
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 On this day in history alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)
Jan 20 On this day in history b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73
Jan 21 On this day in history antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
Jan 22 On this day in history brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover
Jan 24 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer on this day in history.
Jan 24 In the year 1859 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 On this day in history 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 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 Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny in the year 1859.
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) on this day in history.
Feb 14 Oregon admitted as 33rd state in the year 1859.
Feb 14 Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union on this day in history.
Feb 16 In the year 1859 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.
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) in the year 1859.
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)