Historical Events In 1857

Jun 26   On this day in history 62 receive Victoria Cross   

Jun 26   Off Cap Rouge Quebec, the Steamer Montreal catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes in the St. Lawrence; left Quebec City at 5 pm a day earlier; 253 lives lost, mostly Scottish immigrants on their way to the west in the year 1857.   

Jun 27   On this day in history h Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #45 Eugenia   

Jun 28   In the year 1857 joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53   

Jun 29   On this day in history battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British)   

Jul 01   In the year 1857 roger Connor, 1st baseman (NY Giants)   

Jul 02   Francesco Spetrino, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 05   Clara Zetkin, German women's rights advocate/communist on this day in history.   

Jul 08   On this day in history rudolf Dellinger, composer   

Jul 09   Frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18) on this day in history.   

Jul 11   Alfred Binet, French child psychologist in the year 1857.   

Jul 14   In the year 1857 maytag, inventor (washing machine)   

Jul 15   On this day in history carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66   

Jul 16   Pierre-Jean de Baranger, poet, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 16   In the year 1857 sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore   

Jul 18   In the year 1857 louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.   

Jul 21   A S C Wallis, [Adele SC von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer in the year 1857.   

Jul 23   In the year 1857 french [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years)   

Jul 24   In the year 1857 henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917)   

Jul 25   Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Jul 27   In the year 1857 ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator   

Jul 29   Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54 in the year 1857.   

Jul 30   On this day in history thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899)   

Aug 01   Charles Turner, engraver, dies in the year 1857.   

Aug 08   Cecile Chaminade, composer in the year 1857.   

Aug 10   In the year 1857 john Wilson Croker, politician   

Aug 12   William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 21   First book published by an Australian female author Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson on this day in history.   

Aug 21   On this day in history first book published by an Australian female author: Gertrude the Emigrant, by Caroline Atkinson.   

Aug 21   In the year 1857 in one of Australia's worst maritime disasters, 121 people drown when the Dunbar sinks off Sydney Heads;   

Aug 24   In the year 1857 the Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.   

Aug 24   In the year 1857 thirty-one people die when ship Lady Bird collides with another vessel off the State of Victoria in Australia   

Sep 03   M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77 in the year 1857.   

Sep 10   On this day in history james E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn)   

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Jan 02   In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)   

Jan 02   In the year 1857 birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)   

Jan 06   Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 11   In the year 1857 birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)   

Jan 17   Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born in the year 1857.   

Jan 20   Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.   

Jan 27   On this day in history dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72   

Feb 07   In the year 1857 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65   

Feb 09   Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died on this day in history.   

Feb 10   David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56   

Feb 15   Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.   

Feb 16   Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.