Page 6: Historical Events In 1859

Oct 20   G B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England) on this day in history.   

Oct 22   In the year 1859 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   Stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers) in the year 1859.   

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

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   In the year 1859 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 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 in the year 1859.   

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   On this day in history the birth of Billy The Kid, Born William Bonny; legendary US outlaw   

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   Washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies on this day in history.   

Nov 30   Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer in the year 1859.   

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   Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte) on this day in history.   

Dec 02   On this day in history john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59   

Dec 02   The birth of Georges Seurat, French painter in the year 1859.   

Dec 05   Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1859 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 in the year 1859.   

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 in the year 1859.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries)   

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

Jan 13   In the year 1859 birth of karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)   

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

Feb 26   In the year 1859 ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 01   On this day in history josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61