Page 3: Historical Events In 1856

May 15   2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized on this day in history.   

May 15   Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) in the year 1856.   

May 19   In the year 1856 sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery   

May 19   Senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery in the year 1856.   

May 20   In the year 1856 henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter   

May 21   In the year 1856 lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces   

May 21   On this day in history lawrence KS captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces   

May 22   In the year 1856 violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner   

May 22   Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner on this day in history.   

May 24   On this day in history pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas   

May 26   George Templeton Strong, composer in the year 1856.   

May 27   Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning on this day in history.   

Jun 03   Cullen Whipple patents screw machine in the year 1856.   

Jun 03   Opening of Windsor Branch Railway from Windsor to Windsor Jc., N.S. by Nova Scotia government. This was the oldest constituent of the Dominion Atlantic Railway in the year 1856.   

Jun 08   Natalia Janotha, composer in the year 1856.   

Jun 08   Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island in the year 1856.   

Jun 09   On this day in history 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.   

Jun 11   Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jun 14   On this day in history andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)   

Jun 15   In the year 1856 david Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73   

Jun 17   In the year 1856 republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia   

Jun 17   Republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia in the year 1856.   

Jun 19   In the year 1856 elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia)   

Jun 22   In the year 1856 henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)   

Jun 30   On this day in history gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers)   

Jul 04   Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64 in the year 1856.   

Jul 06   Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT in the year 1856.   

Jul 07   In the year 1856 george Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England)   

Jul 09   On this day in history daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum)   

Jul 10   Nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil in the year 1856.   

Jul 15   Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 in the year 1856.   

Jul 15   Natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony on this day in history.   

Jul 15   Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony in the year 1856.   

Jul 15   On this day in history owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain)   

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Jan 06   Giuseppe Martucci, composer was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 09   In the year 1856 birth of anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)   

Jan 09   Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer was born in the year 1856.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 16   In the year 1856 death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)   

Jan 17   Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

Jan 24   On this day in history 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   In the year 1856 heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris