Page 6: Historical Events In 1859

Oct 20   In the year 1859 g B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England)   

Oct 22   In the year 1859 louis (Ludwig) Spohr, composer (Faust), dies at 75   

Oct 25   Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die in the year 1859.   

Oct 25   On this day in history stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers)   

Oct 26   On this day in history arthur Friedheim, composer   

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

Oct 29   Charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn) in the year 1859.   

Oct 29   In the year 1859 spain declares war on Morocco.   

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

Nov 01   In the year 1859 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 on this day in history.   

Nov 07   On this day in history carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61   

Nov 12   In the year 1859 jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name   

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   In the year 1859 aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow   

Nov 17   Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer on this day in history.   

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

Nov 22   In the year 1859 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   On this day in history billy the Kid, [William H Bonney], NYC, criminal   

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

Nov 24   On this day in history charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"   

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

Nov 28   Washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies in the year 1859.   

Nov 30   On this day in history sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer   

Dec 02   Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV on this day in history.   

Dec 02   In the year 1859 georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)   

Dec 02   John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 in the year 1859.   

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

Dec 05   On this day in history dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC   

Dec 05   On this day in history louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82   

Dec 09   Algernon Ashton, composer in the year 1859.   

Dec 12   On this day in history edward Bradley, horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners)   

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   In the year 1859 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   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   On this day in history birth of [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)   

Jan 13   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) was born in the year 1859.   

Jan 08   In the year 1859 antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50   

Jan 20   On this day in history b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73   

Jan 27   Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 in the year 1859.   

Jan 28   In the year 1859 death of frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)   

Feb 06   On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

Feb 23   Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died in the year 1859.   

Feb 26   Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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