Page 6: Historical Events In 1859

Oct 20   On this day in history g B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England)   

Oct 22   Louis (Ludwig) Spohr, composer (Faust), dies at 75 in the year 1859.   

Oct 25   In the year 1859 merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die   

Oct 25   Stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers) on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Arthur Friedheim, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1859 the Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.   

Oct 29   Charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn) on this day in history.   

Oct 29   Spain declares war on Morocco on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC)   

Nov 01   On this day in history the current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse was lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.   

Nov 04   Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer in the year 1859.   

Nov 07   Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name on this day in history.   

Nov 12   In the year 1859 jules Leotard performs first Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name   

Nov 16   On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow   

Nov 17   On this day in history gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer   

Nov 19   Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody) in the year 1859.   

Nov 22   On this day in history ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist/composer (Faust), dies at 75   

Nov 23   Billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born on this day in history.   

Nov 23   Billy the Kid, [William H Bonney], NYC, criminal on this day in history.   

Nov 23   The birth of Billy The Kid, Born William Bonny; legendary US outlaw on this day in history.   

Nov 24   Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" in the year 1859.   

Nov 26   Last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round in the year 1859.   

Nov 28   Washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies on this day in history.   

Nov 30   Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer in the year 1859.   

Dec 02   In the year 1859 abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV.   

Dec 02   On this day in history georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)   

Dec 02   On this day in history john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59   

Dec 02   In the year 1859 the birth of Georges Seurat, French painter   

Dec 05   In the year 1859 dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC   

Dec 05   Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82 in the year 1859.   

Dec 09   In the year 1859 algernon Ashton, composer   

Dec 12   Edward Bradley, horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners) in the year 1859.   

Dec 12   In the year 1859 first train operated over the Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The first passenger train crossed the structure on December 17, 1859 and it was formally opened by the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII, on August 25, 1860. The original structure was a single-track iron tubular bridge. The tube, when first constructed, was entirely enclosed and there were ventilation problems. Later a slit 20" wide was cut in the tube the full length of the bridge to permit the emission of smoke.   

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Jan 05   DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 06   Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries) was born in the year 1859.   

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

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 in the year 1859.   

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

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

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 in the year 1859.   

Feb 23   In the year 1859 death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)   

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

Mar 01   Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1859.