Page 6: Historical Events In 1854

Oct 10   On this day in history uS Assay Office in New York City, NY opens   

Oct 10   US Assay Office in NY City, NY opens in the year 1854.   

Oct 12   In the year 1854 lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute   

Oct 16   Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist on this day in history.   

Oct 16   The birth of Oscar Wilde, Irish born novelist and playwright on this day in history.   

Oct 17   In the year 1854 miners burn down Eureka Hotel, Ballarat, after court dismisses murder charges against hotelier James Bentley, accused of kicking a young miner to death   

Oct 17   On this day in history the Australian newspaper The Age, is published for the first time in Melbourne   

Oct 18   Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket) on this day in history.   

Oct 20   On this day in history alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile)   

Oct 21   In the year 1854 florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to the Crimean War.   

Oct 22   J Gotthelf, writer, dies at 57 in the year 1854.   

Oct 23   In the year 1854 the Times give precise British positions in Krim   

Oct 24   Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte) on this day in history.   

Oct 25   Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die in the year 1854.   

Oct 25   The Charge of the Light Brigade takes place during the Crimean War in the year 1854.   

Oct 25   On this day in history the infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' takes place at Balaklava,during the Crimean War   

Oct 26   In the year 1854 august T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam)   

Oct 28   In the year 1854 james P Carrell, composer, dies at 67   

Oct 31   On this day in history georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)   

Nov 02   On this day in history cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts   

Nov 04   Lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island on this day in history.   

Nov 04   On this day in history lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island   

Nov 05   On this day in history ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann   

Nov 05   On this day in history crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000   

Nov 06   John Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever) in the year 1854.   

Nov 06   The birth of John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor on this day in history.   

Nov 09   In the year 1854 franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres   

Nov 09   Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer in the year 1854.   

Nov 13   On this day in history "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300   

Nov 13   George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke) on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history the ship "New Era" sinks off NJ coast with loss of 300   

Nov 15   In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession in the year 1854.   

Nov 16   In the year 1854 jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician   

Nov 17   Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 06   Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle) was born in the year 1854.   

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

Jan 10   Peter Gast, composer was born in the year 1854.   

Jan 18   In the year 1854 birth of thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone)   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)   

Jan 09   On this day in history filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77   

Jan 18   On this day in history juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies   

Feb 04   On this day in history carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66   

Feb 17   In the year 1854 hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71   

Mar 06   On this day in history caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80   

Mar 11   Willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804) died in the year 1854.   

Apr 06   William Strickland, US architect, dies in the year 1854.