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

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

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

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

Oct 29   In the year 1859 charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)   

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

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

Nov 01   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 on this day in history.   

Nov 04   In the year 1859 stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer   

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

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

Nov 16   Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow in the year 1859.   

Nov 17   Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer in the year 1859.   

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

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

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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1859 sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer   

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

Dec 02   Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte) in the year 1859.   

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

Dec 02   The birth of Georges Seurat, French painter on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1859 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   DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1859 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

Feb 23   On this day in history death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)   

Feb 26   On this day in history ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 01   Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.