Historical Events In 1859
Saturday, 16 January 2021
Jan 05 In the year 1859 1st steamboat sails, Red River
Jan 05 On this day in history deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)
Jan 05 In the year 1859 the first steamboat sails, Red River
Jan 06 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) on this day in history.
Jan 08 In the year 1859 antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
Jan 09 In the year 1859 carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader
Jan 11 In the year 1859 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)
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 B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
Jan 21 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer in the year 1859.
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 Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler in the year 1859.
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) on this day in history.
Feb 02 On this day in history havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)
Feb 04 The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt on this day in history.
Feb 05 Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities on this day in history.
Feb 06 In the year 1859 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45
Feb 08 In the year 1859 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 in the year 1859.
Feb 14 George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) in the year 1859.
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 on this day in history.
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 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 On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used
Feb 19 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.