Page 6: Historical Events In 1853
Saturday, 29 March 2025
Dec 09 Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, Rochester NY, pitcher (60-12 in 1884) on this day in history.
Dec 13 Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter on this day in history.
Dec 14 Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas) in the year 1853.
Dec 15 Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies in the year 1853.
Dec 17 On this day in history herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby)
Dec 21 In the year 1853 isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
Dec 22 On this day in history maria Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor
Dec 23 On this day in history giacomo Puccini, Italy, composer
Dec 30 In the year 1853 a dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.
Dec 30 Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager, composer in the year 1853.
Dec 30 On this day in history gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million. Area is now southern Arizona & New Mexico
Dec 30 On this day in history the US purchases 30,000 square miles of land from Mexico in what is now southern New Mexico and Arizona. The Gadsden Purchase cost the US $10 million.