Page 3: Historical Events In 1859
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Apr 18 On this day in history eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren)
Apr 18 Montreal Canadiens wins their 4th straight NHL Stanley Cup in the year 1859.
Apr 25 Ground broken for Suez Canal in the year 1859.
Apr 25 Work begins on the Suez Canal, Egypt in the year 1859.
Apr 27 In the year 1859 "Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard
Apr 27 In the year 1859 "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 in the year 1859.
Apr 30 Paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires in the year 1859.
Apr 30 Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67 in the year 1859.
May 01 In the year 1859 bohuslav Jeremias, composer
May 02 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer in the year 1859.
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 Peter G L Dirichlet, German mathematician, dies at 53 on this day in history.
May 06 Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies on this day in history.
May 06 Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist in the year 1859.
May 10 In the year 1859 johan BJFS, archduke of Austria (Firechief & Housewife), dies
May 13 Eugust Enna, composer on this day in history.
May 15 Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.
May 15 In the year 1859 the birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist
May 17 Australian Rules Football first 'laws of the game' published on this day in history.
May 19 Nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano (Peach Melba) on this day in history.
May 22 In the year 1859 arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice
May 22 Ferdinand II, [Re Bomba], Dutch King of Sicily, dies at 49 on this day in history.
May 26 On this day in history alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)
May 30 Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist on this day in history.
May 31 In the year 1859 phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later
Jun 06 Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day) in the year 1859.
Jun 10 In the year 1859 jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song)
Jun 11 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada in the year 1859.
Jun 12 On this day in history comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
Jun 15 Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers in the year 1859.
Jun 18 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1859.
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