Page 5: Historical Events In 1856

Sep 23   On this day in history william Archer, Scotland, writer (Green Goddess)   

Sep 24   Henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, gov-gen of India, dies in the year 1856.   

Sep 28   On this day in history edward Herbert Thompson, Mass, archaeologist (Mayan civilization)   

Sep 30   Andrejs Jurjans, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 07   Cyrus Chambers Jr patents folding machine that folds book & newspapers on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy & lower Brit flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War in the year 1856.   

Oct 10   Michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1856.   

Oct 15   R G Nivelle, French military man in the year 1856.   

Oct 19   In the year 1856 james Kelly & Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne   

Oct 20   On this day in history arnhem-Oberhausen railway in Netherlands opens   

Oct 24   In the year 1856 constitution of South Australia adopted   

Oct 27   The Grand Trunk Railway opens its broad gauge line throughout between Montreal and Toronto. It was opened in sections as follows Montreal to Brockville - November 19, 1855. Oshawa to Toronto - August 11, 1856. Brockville to Oshawa - October 27, 1856. The first through train, consisting of 3 first class and 3 second class coaches, ran from Montreal (Point St. Charles) to Toronto (Don Station) and a similar train made the journey in the opposite direction.Departure was at 07 00 from Montreal and 07 30 from Toronto. The trains passed in the vicinity of Kingston Junction where a stop of 30 minutes occurred for lunch on this day in history.   

Oct 27   The Grand Trunk Railway opens its broad gauge line throughout between Montreal and Toronto. It was opened in sections as follows: Montreal to Brockville - November 19, 1855. Oshawa to Toronto - August 11, 1856. Brockville to Oshawa - October 27, 1856. The first through train, consisting of 3 first class and 3 second class coaches, ran from Montreal (Point St. Charles) to Toronto (Don Station) and a similar train made the journey in the opposite direction.Departure was at 07:00 from Montreal and 07:30 from Toronto. The trains passed in the vicinity of Kingston Junction where a stop of 30 minutes occurred for lunch on this day in history.   

Oct 28   In the year 1856 franz Xavier Arens, composer   

Oct 29   On this day in history carel SW van Hogendorp, colonial director, dies at 68   

Nov 03   A British fleet bombs Canton in the year 1856.   

Nov 04   On this day in history james Buchanan elected US president   

Nov 06   Nicholas Nikolajevitsj, ruler of Russia on this day in history.   

Nov 07   Semyon Zonovyevich Alapin, Vilna, tied for chess 1st place (1878) on this day in history.   

Nov 13   Louis D Brandeis, Mass, 68th Supreme Court Justice (1916-39) in the year 1856.   

Nov 16   In the year 1856 amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens   

Nov 17   On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase in the year 1856.   

Nov 17   William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1856.   

Nov 20   CDR Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians on this day in history.   

Nov 20   On this day in history farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81   

Nov 22   Heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th pres of Mormon church in the year 1856.   

Nov 25   In the year 1856 sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russia, composer (Oresteia)   

Nov 28   Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer in the year 1856.   

Nov 29   Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor/premier Prussia in the year 1856.   

Dec 02   In the year 1856 robert Kajanus, composer   

Dec 09   In the year 1856 the Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.   

Dec 11   Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist in the year 1856.   

Dec 18   On this day in history joseph John Thomson, Eng, physicist discovered electron (Nobel 1906)   

Dec 22   Frank Kellogg, Sec of State (1925-29), try to outlaw war (Nobel 1929) on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer   

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   Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born in the year 1856.   

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] on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1856 death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)   

Jan 16   Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 17   Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris in the year 1856.