Historical Events In 1859

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

Jan 05   DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) in the year 1859.   

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   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   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) in the year 1859.   

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   Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1859 brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover   

Jan 24   In the year 1859 alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer   

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   On this day in history wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)   

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

Feb 02   Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) in the year 1859.   

Feb 04   The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1859 wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities.   

Feb 06   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop) on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny in the year 1859.   

Feb 10   On this day in history general Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny   

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   Oregon admitted as 33rd state on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history 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.   

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

Feb 18   On this day in history 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   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.   

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Jan 05   In the year 1859 birth of deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 06   Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

Jan 09   Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters) was born in the year 1859.   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1859 birth of [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50   

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 in the year 1859.   

Jan 27   Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 06   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Feb 23   On this day in history 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   Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.