Historical Events In 1859

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

Oct 22   In the year 1859 louis (Ludwig) Spohr, composer (Faust), dies at 75   

Oct 25   On this day in history merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die   

Oct 25   On this day in history stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers)   

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 in the year 1859.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow   

Nov 17   Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1859 billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born   

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   Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" on this day in history.   

Nov 26   In the year 1859 last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round   

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   In the year 1859 georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)   

Dec 02   In the year 1859 john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59   

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   In the year 1859 louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82   

Dec 09   Algernon Ashton, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 12   In the year 1859 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   On this day in history birth of deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 06   Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) was born in the year 1859.   

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   In the year 1859 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   In the year 1859 birth of karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50   

Jan 20   On this day in history b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73   

Jan 27   In the year 1859 carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74   

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   On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

Feb 23   In the year 1859 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   In the year 1859 josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61