Historical Events In 1856

Feb 29   Hostilities in Russo-Turkish War cease in the year 1856.   

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

Mar 05   Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire in the year 1856.   

Mar 05   In the year 1856 georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads   

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

Mar 07   On this day in history matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)   

Mar 09   Sigma Alpha Epsilon is founded in the Johnston Mansion House on the University of Alabama in the year 1856.   

Mar 16   In the year 1856 e Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince   

Mar 20   In the year 1856 frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management   

Mar 25   A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine in the year 1856.   

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

Mar 26   In the year 1856 new South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won   

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

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   In the year 1856 gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos   

Apr 05   In the year 1856 booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp)   

Apr 10   On this day in history the Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University.   

Apr 11   On this day in history arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent)   

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

Apr 12   William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen) on this day in history.   

Apr 18   On this day in history russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns   

Apr 21   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 on this day in history.   

Apr 21   The first railroad bridge across Mississippi completed on this day in history.   

Apr 22   [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans) in the year 1856.   

Apr 24   Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) in the year 1856.   

Apr 29   Peace between England & Russia in the year 1856.   

May 03   In the year 1856 adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27   

May 06   Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) on this day in history.   

May 06   In the year 1856 the birth of Robert Peary, American Artic explorer   

May 06   The birth of Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist in the year 1856.   

May 06   On this day in history william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

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

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

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Jan 06   Giuseppe Martucci, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)   

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears)   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1856 birth of christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer   

Jan 12   John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919) was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 18   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born in the year 1856.   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]   

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

Jan 16   On this day in history death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

Jan 17   Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1856.   

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

Feb 08   On this day in history death of agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)   

Feb 17   On this day in history heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris