Hisdates•ComPage 6: Historical Events In 1859
Thursday, 18 September 2025
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 On this day in history merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die
Oct 25 Stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers) on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Oct 29 Charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn) on this day in history.
Oct 29 Spain declares war on Morocco on this day in history.
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 in the year 1859.
Nov 04 Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer in the year 1859.
Nov 07 Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1859.
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 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1859.
Nov 23 In the year 1859 the birth of Billy The Kid, Born William Bonny; legendary US outlaw
Nov 24 On this day in history 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 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 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 The birth of Georges Seurat, French painter in the year 1859.
Dec 05 Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC in the year 1859.
Dec 05 On this day in history louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82
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 On this day in history 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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