Page 4: Historical Events In 1856

Jul 16   In the year 1856 statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem   

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

Jul 21   In the year 1856 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   The birth of George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright on this day in history.   

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   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   Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana in the year 1856.   

Aug 10   On this day in history hurricane washes away 300 in Louisiana   

Aug 10   On this day in history paul Geisler, composer   

Aug 12   Anthony Fass patents accordion on this day in history.   

Aug 14   William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies in the year 1856.   

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) in the year 1856.   

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

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

Aug 20   In the year 1856 philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80   

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

Aug 21   In the year 1856 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 in the year 1856.   

Aug 27   Iwan Franko, writer in the year 1856.   

Aug 31   Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer in the year 1856.   

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

Sep 02   In the year 1856 tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China.   

Sep 02   Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion on this day in history.   

Sep 03   On this day in history louis Henri Sullivan, Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture   

Sep 05   In the year 1856 jacobus C J Hermans, actor (7th Command)   

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   In the year 1856 birth of giuseppe Martucci, composer   

Jan 09   Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 11   In the year 1856 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   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   On this day in history pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67   

Jan 11   Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] in the year 1856.   

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

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   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 in the year 1856.   

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