Historical Events In 1859
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
Jan 05 In the year 1859 1st steamboat sails, Red River
Jan 05 DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) on this day in history.
Jan 05 The first steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.
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 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 Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
Jan 22 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover on this day in history.
Jan 24 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer on this day in history.
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) in the year 1859.
Feb 01 Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) on this day in history.
Feb 02 On this day in history havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)
Feb 04 In the year 1859 the Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
Feb 05 Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities in the year 1859.
Feb 06 On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45
Feb 08 On this day in history john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)
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 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1859.
Feb 14 Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union in the year 1859.
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 On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli
Feb 18 Sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof) on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 19 On this day in history svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)