Historical Events In 1856

May 15   In the year 1856 2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized   

May 15   In the year 1856 lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)   

May 19   Sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery on this day in history.   

May 19   Senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery on this day in history.   

May 20   On this day in history henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter   

May 21   Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces on this day in history.   

May 21   Lawrence KS captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces in the year 1856.   

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

May 22   In the year 1856 violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner   

May 24   Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas in the year 1856.   

May 26   In the year 1856 george Templeton Strong, composer   

May 27   On this day in history doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning   

Jun 03   In the year 1856 cullen Whipple patents screw machine   

Jun 03   On this day in history 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.   

Jun 08   Natalia Janotha, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 08   In the year 1856 pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island   

Jun 09   In the year 1856 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.   

Jun 11   In the year 1856 friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76   

Jun 14   In the year 1856 andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)   

Jun 15   On this day in history david Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73   

Jun 17   Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

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

Jun 19   Elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia) in the year 1856.   

Jun 22   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 06   Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT on this day in history.   

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

Jul 09   In the year 1856 daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum)   

Jul 10   In the year 1856 nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil   

Jul 15   Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jul 15   On this day in history natal established as a British colony separate from Cape Colony   

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

Jul 15   In the year 1856 owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain)   

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

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 in the year 1856.   

Jan 09   Stevan Mokranjac, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1856 birth of john Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of j. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)   

Jan 18   In the year 1856 birth of daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation)   

Jan 05   In the year 1856 pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67   

Jan 11   In the year 1856 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   Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1856 thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41   

Jan 24   Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) died in the year 1856.   

Feb 08   In the year 1856 death of agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)   

Feb 17   In the year 1856 heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris