Page 5: Historical Events In 1859

Aug 19   Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox) on this day in history.   

Aug 27   1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn   

Aug 28   A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan in the year 1859.   

Sep 01   1st Pullman sleeping car in service in the year 1859.   

Sep 01   RC Carrington &R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 1859 gas lighting introduced to Hawaii   

Sep 03   In the year 1859 aAJ Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité, Les Preuves)   

Sep 04   Edoardo Mascheroni, composer in the year 1859.   

Sep 05   W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter, dies at 68 in the year 1859.   

Sep 13   In the year 1859 cornelis J van Axes, lawyer, dies at 71   

Sep 15   In the year 1859 john LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 72   

Sep 16   Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone in the year 1859.   

Sep 17   In the year 1859 frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator   

Sep 17   In the year 1859 man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America   

Sep 20   On this day in history george Simpson patents electric range   

Sep 20   In the year 1859 patent granted on the electric range   

Sep 20   In the year 1859 yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator   

Sep 21   In the year 1859 cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)   

Sep 24   In the year 1859 julius Klengel, cellist/composer   

Sep 28   Rinse Posthumus, Fries writer, dies on this day in history.   

Sep 29   In the year 1859 great auroral display in US   

Oct 03   In the year 1859 elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler)   

Oct 04   Henryk Pachulski, composer in the year 1859.   

Oct 04   Karl Baedeker, German tour guide (Die Schweiz), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) on this day in history.   

Oct 14   In the year 1859 camille Chevillard, composer   

Oct 15   Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author/poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro) on this day in history.   

Oct 16   John Brown leads 20 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va on this day in history.   

Oct 16   On this day in history john Brown leads 21 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va   

Oct 17   William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants, Cin Reds) in the year 1859.   

Oct 18   Henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927) on this day in history.   

Oct 19   Georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains) on this day in history.   

Oct 19   On this day in history wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope   

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Jan 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1859 birth of carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries)   

Jan 11   [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)   

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 in the year 1859.   

Jan 20   In the year 1859 b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73   

Jan 27   In the year 1859 carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74   

Jan 28   Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) died in the year 1859.   

Feb 06   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1859.   

Feb 23   Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died on this day in history.   

Feb 26   In the year 1859 ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 01   Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.