Historical Events In 1859

Jan 05   1st steamboat sails, Red River in the year 1859.   

Jan 05   On this day in history deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

Jan 05   In the year 1859 the first steamboat sails, Red River   

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

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader in the year 1859.   

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

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

Jan 19   Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) on this day in history.   

Jan 20   B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover in the year 1859.   

Jan 24   In the year 1859 alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer   

Jan 24   Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler in the year 1859.   

Jan 27   Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 27   Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918) in the year 1859.   

Feb 01   Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) in the year 1859.   

Feb 02   On this day in history havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)   

Feb 04   The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1859 wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza as the United Principalities.   

Feb 06   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1859.   

Feb 08   On this day in history john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)   

Feb 10   Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1859 general Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny   

Feb 13   On this day in history frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist   

Feb 14   In the year 1859 george Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)   

Feb 14   In the year 1859 oregon admitted as 33rd state   

Feb 14   On this day in history oregon becomes the 33rd state admitted to the Union.   

Feb 16   The French Government passes a law to set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz, in an attempt to standardize the pitch on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli in the year 1859.   

Feb 18   On this day in history sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)   

Feb 19   On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used   

Feb 19   On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used   

Feb 19   In the year 1859 svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)   

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Jan 05   DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1859 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1859.   

Feb 06   Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1859 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   Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.