Historical Events In 1859
Thursday, 22 May 2025
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.