Page 6: Historical Events In 1859

Oct 20   G B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England) in the year 1859.   

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

Oct 25   Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die on this day in history.   

Oct 25   Stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers) in the year 1859.   

Oct 26   In the year 1859 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   On this day in history charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)   

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

Nov 01   In the year 1859 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 in the year 1859.   

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

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

Nov 12   On this day in history 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 in the year 1859.   

Nov 19   Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1859 the birth of Billy The Kid, Born William Bonny; legendary US outlaw   

Nov 24   In the year 1859 charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"   

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

Nov 28   On this day in history washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies   

Nov 30   In the year 1859 sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer   

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

Dec 02   In the year 1859 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   On this day in history the birth of Georges Seurat, French painter   

Dec 05   Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC in the year 1859.   

Dec 05   Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Dec 09   In the year 1859 algernon Ashton, composer   

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

Dec 12   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 09   In the year 1859 birth of carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

Jan 09   Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1859 birth of [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)   

Jan 13   Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) was born in the year 1859.   

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

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