Historical Events In 1859
Friday, 25 October 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 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader
Jan 11 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) in the year 1859.
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 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 Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler in the year 1859.
Jan 27 On this day in history carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74
Jan 27 In the year 1859 wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)
Feb 01 Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) on this day in history.
Feb 02 In the year 1859 havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)
Feb 04 On this day in history the Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1859 frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
Feb 14 In the year 1859 george Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)
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 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 On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli
Feb 18 In the year 1859 sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)
Feb 19 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used on this day in history.
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 In the year 1859 svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)