Historical Events In 1856

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

Jul 17   Sunday school excursion train collides killing 46 children (Phila) in the year 1856.   

Jul 21   On this day in history harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania)   

Jul 23   On this day in history arthur H Bird, composer   

Jul 26   George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) on this day in history.   

Jul 26   On this day in history the birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright   

Jul 29   Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46 in the year 1856.   

Jul 30   In the year 1856 richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith)   

Jul 31   On this day in history christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.   

Aug 04   Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Aug 05   In the year 1856 rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61   

Aug 10   In the year 1856 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   Anthony Fass patents accordion in the year 1856.   

Aug 14   On this day in history william Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies   

Aug 15   J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament on this day in history.   

Aug 17   Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master) on this day in history.   

Aug 18   On this day in history charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer   

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

Aug 20   Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Wilberforce University forms in Ohio in the year 1856.   

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   On this day in history peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64   

Aug 24   Felix Mottl, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 27   Iwan Franko, writer in the year 1856.   

Aug 31   Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history jacobus C J Hermans, actor (7th Command)   

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

Sep 14   In the year 1856 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   In the year 1856 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   Stevan Mokranjac, composer was born in the year 1856.   

Jan 11   Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1856.   

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   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