Historical Events In 1859

Jan 05   1st steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.   

Jan 05   DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) on this day in history.   

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   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 in the year 1859.   

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

Jan 19   Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) in the year 1859.   

Jan 20   On this day in history b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73   

Jan 21   Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer in the year 1859.   

Jan 22   Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover on this day in history.   

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   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   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   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   John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop) in the year 1859.   

Feb 10   Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny on this day in history.   

Feb 10   General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1859 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 in the year 1859.   

Feb 17   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli on this day in history.   

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 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   On this day in history 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   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)   

Jan 13   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 13   Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 in the year 1859.   

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Feb 23   Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died in the year 1859.   

Feb 26   Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.