Historical Events In 1859

Jan 05   1st steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)   

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

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

Jan 13   In the year 1859 karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)   

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

Jan 27   Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918) in the year 1859.   

Feb 01   Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) in the year 1859.   

Feb 02   In the year 1859 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   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   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   Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist in the year 1859.   

Feb 14   In the year 1859 george Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)   

Feb 14   On this day in history oregon admitted as 33rd state   

Feb 14   On this day in history 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   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) in the year 1859.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1859 birth of samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)   

Jan 09   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 09   Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 11   [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1859 antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50   

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

Jan 27   In the year 1859 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 in the year 1859.   

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

Feb 23   In the year 1859 death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)   

Feb 26   Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1859.   

Mar 01   On this day in history josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61