Historical Events In 1859
Sunday, 28 May 2023
Jan 05 In the year 1859 1st steamboat sails, Red River
Jan 05 DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) in the year 1859.
Jan 05 The first steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.
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) on this day in history.
Jan 20 B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 in the year 1859.
Jan 21 In the year 1859 antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
Jan 22 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover on this day in history.
Jan 24 On this day in history alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer
Jan 24 Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler on this day in history.
Jan 27 Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history.
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) in the year 1859.
Feb 04 The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt in the year 1859.
Feb 05 On this day in history wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities.
Feb 06 In the year 1859 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45
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 In the year 1859 general Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
Feb 13 On this day in history frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1859 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 on this day in history.
Feb 19 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.