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Thursday, 18 December 2025
Apr 18 In the year 1859 eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren) 
Apr 18 Montreal Canadiens wins their 4th straight NHL Stanley Cup on this day in history.
Apr 25 Ground broken for Suez Canal in the year 1859.
Apr 25 On this day in history work begins on the Suez Canal, Egypt
Apr 27 "Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard on this day in history.
Apr 27 On this day in history "S.S. Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard
Apr 30 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is first published in literary periodical All the Year Round, continues in weekly installments until Nov 26 on this day in history.
Apr 30 In the year 1859 paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires
Apr 30 Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67 in the year 1859.
May 01 Bohuslav Jeremias, composer in the year 1859.
May 02 On this day in history eugene D'Harcourt, composer
May 03 On this day in history andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)
May 04 On this day in history the Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.
May 04 The Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Western Canada and La Banque Nationale incorporated in the year 1859.
May 05 In the year 1859 peter G L Dirichlet, German mathematician, dies at 53
May 06 Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies on this day in history.
May 06 In the year 1859 luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist
May 10 Johan BJFS, archduke of Austria (Firechief & Housewife), dies in the year 1859.
May 13 In the year 1859 eugust Enna, composer
May 15 Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903) in the year 1859.
May 15 The birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist in the year 1859.
May 17 Australian Rules Football first 'laws of the game' published in the year 1859.
May 19 Nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano (Peach Melba) on this day in history.
May 22 On this day in history arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice
May 22 In the year 1859 ferdinand II, [Re Bomba], Dutch King of Sicily, dies at 49
May 26 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) in the year 1859.
May 30 On this day in history pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist
May 31 On this day in history phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later
Jun 06 In the year 1859 australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
Jun 10 Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song) on this day in history.
Jun 11 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada in the year 1859.
Jun 12 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered in the year 1859.
Jun 15 Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers on this day in history.
Jun 18 In the year 1859 joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65
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