Page 4: Historical Events In 1856

Jul 16   Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem in the year 1856.   

Jul 17   In the year 1856 sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila)   

Jul 21   Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania) on this day in history.   

Jul 23   Arthur H Bird, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 26   On this day in history george Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925)   

Jul 26   The birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright in the year 1856.   

Jul 29   In the year 1856 robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46   

Jul 30   Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith) on this day in history.   

Jul 31   In the year 1856 christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.   

Aug 04   On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59   

Aug 05   Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Aug 10   On this day in history hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana   

Aug 10   Hurricane washes away 300 in Louisiana in the year 1856.   

Aug 10   In the year 1856 paul Geisler, composer   

Aug 12   On this day in history anthony Fass patents accordion   

Aug 14   In the year 1856 william Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies   

Aug 15   On this day in history j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament   

Aug 17   Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master) in the year 1856.   

Aug 18   In the year 1856 charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer   

Aug 20   In the year 1856 innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) [NS Sept 1]   

Aug 20   On this day in history philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80   

Aug 20   Wilberforce University forms in Ohio on this day in history.   

Aug 21   On this day in history america's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)   

Aug 21   Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Felix Mottl, composer in the year 1856.   

Aug 27   In the year 1856 iwan Franko, writer   

Aug 31   In the year 1856 nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer   

Sep 01   Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) in the year 1856.   

Sep 02   Tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 1856 yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion   

Sep 03   Louis Henri Sullivan, Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture on this day in history.   

Sep 05   Jacobus C J Hermans, actor (7th Command) on this day in history.   

Sep 12   Johann Heinrich Beck, composer in the year 1856.   

Sep 14   On this day in history battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders   

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

Jan 09   Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) was born in the year 1856.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1856 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   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 in the year 1856.   

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

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

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