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 on this day in history.  

Oct 25   On this day in history 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   On this day in history arthur Friedheim, composer  

Oct 26   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1859.  

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   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   In the year 1859 gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer  

Nov 19   In the year 1859 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   Billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born in the year 1859.  

Nov 23   In the year 1859 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   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 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 02   In the year 1859 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 in the year 1859.  

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   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 in the year 1859.  

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Jan 05   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) was born in the year 1859.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 in the year 1859.  

Jan 27   Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history death of zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)  

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

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