Historical Events In 1854

Aug 09   Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Aug 09   On this day in history henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"   

Aug 10   On this day in history j Scott Lidgett, London, theologist   

Aug 12   Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Aug 22   Milan I, King of Serbia in the year 1854.   

Aug 23   Moritz Moszkowski, composer in the year 1854.   

Aug 24   National emigration convention meets in Cleveland in the year 1854.   

Aug 24   In the year 1854 nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

Aug 29   Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) in the year 1854.   

Aug 30   In the year 1854 john Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels   

Sep 01   In the year 1854 engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal)   

Sep 04   On this day in history english/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka   

Sep 08   Willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File in the year 1854.   

Sep 10   On this day in history anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman)   

Sep 14   Allied armies, including those of Britain & France, land in Crimea on this day in history.   

Sep 17   Hans Muller, music historian in the year 1854.   

Sep 19   In the year 1854 henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car   

Sep 20   On this day in history battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died   

Sep 20   On this day in history british and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea   

Sep 23   Cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05) in the year 1854.   

Sep 27   On this day in history steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board   

Sep 27   On this day in history the steamship liner Arctic sinks in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 300 people   

Sep 28   Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus) in the year 1854.   

Sep 29   In the year 1854 martin Pluddemann, composer   

Oct 01   The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing on this day in history.   

Oct 03   William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1854 abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair   

Oct 04   Honest Abe Lincoln made his first great political speech while attending the Illinois State Fair in Springfield on this day in history.   

Oct 06   The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured in the year 1854.   

Oct 07   On this day in history christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek)   

Oct 09   the siege of Sebastopol begins in the year 1854.   

Oct 10   In the year 1854 jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)   

Jan 06   In the year 1854 birth of sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921)   

Jan 10   In the year 1854 birth of peter Gast, composer   

Jan 18   Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 29   On this day in history birth of willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian   

Feb 09   Aletta [Henriette] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician was born in the year 1854.   

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)   

Jan 08   In the year 1854 death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)   

Jan 09   Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies in the year 1854.   

Feb 04   In the year 1854 carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66   

Feb 17   On this day in history hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71   

Mar 06   Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 in the year 1854.   

Mar 11   In the year 1854 death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)   

Apr 06   William Strickland, US architect, dies on this day in history.