Page 2: Historical Events In 1856

Feb 29   Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease on this day in history.   

Mar 01   On this day in history florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw)   

Mar 05   In the year 1856 covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire   

Mar 05   Georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads on this day in history.   

Mar 07   On this day in history argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact   

Mar 07   Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne) on this day in history.   

Mar 09   On this day in history sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama   

Mar 16   On this day in history e Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince   

Mar 20   Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management on this day in history.   

Mar 25   A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine on this day in history.   

Mar 26   David Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history new South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won   

Mar 26   In the year 1856 nSW's 1st 1st-class game, v Victoria at Melbourne NSW won   

Mar 28   On this day in history pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76   

Mar 30   Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War in the year 1856.   

Apr 03   Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos in the year 1856.   

Apr 05   On this day in history booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp)   

Apr 10   The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University in the year 1856.   

Apr 11   Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent) in the year 1856.   

Apr 11   Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans on this day in history.   

Apr 12   On this day in history william M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen)   

Apr 18   Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns in the year 1856.   

Apr 21   On this day in history the first rail train to pass over the mighty Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, IL made its journey across a newly completed bridge between the two rail centers.   

Apr 21   The first railroad bridge across Mississippi completed in the year 1856.   

Apr 22   [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans) on this day in history.   

Apr 24   In the year 1856 henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)   

Apr 29   In the year 1856 peace between England & Russia   

May 03   Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27 in the year 1856.   

May 06   Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) in the year 1856.   

May 06   The birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer on this day in history.   

May 06   The birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist on this day in history.   

May 06   In the year 1856 william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

May 07   Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact on this day in history.   

May 13   Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art on this day in history.   

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Jan 06   In the year 1856 birth of giuseppe Martucci, composer   

Jan 09   Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears)   

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of john Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)   

Jan 14   In the year 1856 birth of j. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation)   

Jan 05   Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 in the year 1856.   

Jan 11   Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] in the year 1856.   

Jan 12   Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41   

Jan 24   In the year 1856 death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)   

Feb 08   Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773) died on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris in the year 1856.