Historical Events In 1859

Aug 19   On this day in history charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox)  

Aug 27   1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake in the year 1859.  

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

Aug 28   On this day in history 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.  

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

Sep 01   RC Carrington &R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare in the year 1859.  

Sep 02   Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii on this day in history.  

Sep 03   AAJ Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité, Les Preuves) on this day in history.  

Sep 04   In the year 1859 edoardo Mascheroni, composer  

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

Sep 13   Cornelis J van Axes, lawyer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Sep 15   John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, dies at 72 in the year 1859.  

Sep 16   On this day in history lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone  

Sep 17   On this day in history frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator  

Sep 17   On this day in history man in SF claims himself Norton I, emperor of America  

Sep 20   George Simpson patents electric range in the year 1859.  

Sep 20   Patent granted on the electric range on this day in history.  

Sep 20   Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator on this day in history.  

Sep 21   Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave) in the year 1859.  

Sep 24   Julius Klengel, cellist/composer on this day in history.  

Sep 28   In the year 1859 rinse Posthumus, Fries writer, dies  

Sep 29   In the year 1859 great auroral display in US  

Oct 03   Elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler) on this day in history.  

Oct 04   Henryk Pachulski, composer in the year 1859.  

Oct 04   Karl Baedeker, German tour guide (Die Schweiz), dies at 57 in the year 1859.  

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

Oct 14   On this day in history camille Chevillard, composer  

Oct 15   In the year 1859 jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author/poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro)  

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

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

Oct 17   On this day in history william "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants, Cin Reds)  

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

Oct 19   In the year 1859 georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains)  

Oct 19   Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope on this day in history.  

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)  

Jan 06   In the year 1859 birth of samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)  

Jan 09   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born in the year 1859.  

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

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 in the year 1859.  

Jan 13   In the year 1859 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64  

Mar 01   On this day in history josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61