Page 6: Historical Events In 1859

Oct 20   In the year 1859 g B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England)   

Oct 22   On this day in history louis (Ludwig) Spohr, composer (Faust), dies at 75   

Oct 25   Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die in the year 1859.   

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

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) in the year 1859.   

Nov 01   In the year 1859 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   Jules Leotard performs first Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 23   Billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born on this day in history.   

Nov 23   In the year 1859 billy the Kid, [William H Bonney], NYC, criminal   

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

Dec 02   On this day in history georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 05   In the year 1859 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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Jan 05   DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)   

Jan 09   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1859 birth of carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)   

Jan 09   Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries) was born in the year 1859.   

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 in the year 1859.   

Jan 13   In the year 1859 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   On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

Feb 23   Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died on this day in history.   

Feb 26   Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1859.   

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