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Thursday, 04 December 2025
Apr 18 On this day in history eduard G H H Cuypers, architect (Sanatorium High-Laren) 
Apr 18 On this day in history montreal Canadiens wins their 4th straight NHL Stanley Cup
Apr 25 Ground broken for Suez Canal on this day in history.
Apr 25 Work begins on the Suez Canal, Egypt in the year 1859.
Apr 27 "Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard on this day in history.
Apr 27 "S.S. Pomona" sinks in North Atlantic drowning all 400 aboard on this day in history.
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 On this day in history paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires
Apr 30 Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67 on this day in history.
May 01 On this day in history bohuslav Jeremias, composer
May 02 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer in the year 1859.
May 03 Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy) in the year 1859.
May 04 The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England on this day in history.
May 04 The Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Western Canada and La Banque Nationale incorporated on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
May 10 On this day in history johan BJFS, archduke of Austria (Firechief & Housewife), dies
May 13 On this day in history eugust Enna, composer
May 15 On this day in history pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)
May 15 On this day in history the birth of Pierre Curie, French physicist
May 17 On this day in history australian Rules Football first 'laws of the game' published
May 19 On this day in history nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano (Peach Melba)
May 22 Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice in the year 1859.
May 22 Ferdinand II, [Re Bomba], Dutch King of Sicily, dies at 49 on this day in history.
May 26 Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life) on this day in history.
May 30 Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist in the year 1859.
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) in the year 1859.
Jun 11 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada in the year 1859.
Jun 12 In the year 1859 comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
Jun 15 On this day in history pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between U.S. and British/Canadian settlers.
Jun 18 On this day in history joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65
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