Historical Events In 1859

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

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   In the year 1859 stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers)  

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 in the year 1859.  

Nov 01   Charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1859 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   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   In the year 1859 gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer  

Nov 19   On this day in history mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody)  

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

Nov 23   On this day in history billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born  

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

Dec 02   Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte) on this day in history.  

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

Dec 09   On this day in history algernon Ashton, composer  

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

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   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   On this day in history birth of carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1859.  

Jan 27   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 01   In the year 1859 josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61